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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 柳

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
柳 liǔ - surname Liu
柳 liǔ - willow
柳 liǔ - old variant of 柳[liu3]
柳 liǔ - old variant of 柳[liu3]

List Ranking for: 柳

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,621 4,945 4,711

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 木 卯

Radical:

木

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

卯

Semantic:

木

Hint:

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Other Words Containing 柳

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
柳 - - 9,621 4,945 4,711
柳树 - 7 22,320 33,828 37,522
柳条 - - 36,646 55,270 63,366
柳暗花明 - - 36,877 44,127 26,141
柳林 - - 67,256 64,867 74,138
杨柳 - - 79,960 25,443 23,109
垂柳 - - 86,116 51,562 42,626
花柳病 - - 87,780 - -