柳

Liu3
#1,555 most
frequent character
surname Liu

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

柳 has 木, a tree, and 卯 mǎo as its sound part. It names a type of tree, the willow. The sound link is not obvious in Mandarin; 留 liú and 聊 liáo are closer.

Drawn as: a tree

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Same Characters, Different Readings

柳liǔ
willow
柳liǔ
old variant of 柳[liu3]
柳liǔ
old variant of 柳[liu3]

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