柳 (lau5 | liu3) : willow; fillet

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柳

lau5

liu3

[1] willow
[2] fillet
[3] one of 28 constellations in ancient Chinese astronomy

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

柳

This word has been viewed 9520 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Jun 2018 06:37

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楊柳 joeng4 lau5 yang2 liu3 = willow; poplar

柳條 lau5 tiu4*2 liu3 tiao2 = wicker

柳樹 lau5 syu6 liu3 shu4 = willow

柳杉 lau5 caam3 = Japanese cedar; peacock pine

牛柳 ngau4 lau5 niu2 liu3 = beef, beef fillet, beef tenderloin

柳橙 lau5 caang4*2 = orange

柳條箱 lau5 tiu4*2 soeng1 = a basket made of willow branches

垂柳 seoi4 lau5 chui2 liu3 = weeping willow

黑椒牛柳 hak1 ziu1 ngau4 lau5 = black pepper beef medallions

黑椒牛柳條 hak1 ziu1 ngau4 lau5 tiu4*2 = peppered beef strips and sliced peppers seared on a hot plate
See all 34 compounds (CantoDict reports 35 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 柳
Unicode code for this character: U+67f3 (off-site link)

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