柳 liǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 卯 4th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
柳树
liǔshù
willow tree
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Example phrases
- 河岸两侧的柳树遮住了旧码头，也遮住了城市扩张的痕迹。 Hé'àn liǎng cè de liǔshù zhēzhù le jiù mǎtóu, yě zhēzhù le chéngshì kuòzhāng de hénjì. The willow trees on both sides of the riverbank hid the old pier as well as the traces of urban expansion.
- 春天到了，河边的柳树长出了嫩绿的新叶。 Chūntiān dào le, hébiān de liǔshù zhǎng chū le nènlǜ de xīn yè. Spring has arrived, and the willows by the river have grown tender green new leaves.
- 孩子们在柳树下玩耍，老人坐在旁边下棋。 Háizimen zài liǔshù xià wánshuǎ, lǎorén zuò zài pángbiān xià qí. The children play under the willow tree while the old men sit nearby playing chess.