willow
柳 centers on the willow tree, known for its slender, drooping branches and graceful appearance.
柳 combines 木 (tree) with 卯, which likely contributes the sound and may depict a flowing or flexible shape, evoking the willow's drooping branches.
The left side is a tree 木, and the right side 卯 looks like a flowing, flexible shape. Picture a willow tree with long, drooping branches swaying in the wind.
For リュウ, imagine a willow tree bending in the wind, making a soft 'ryuu' sound as its branches sweep the ground. The flowing motion cues リュウ.
willow (any tree of genus Salix)
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
red-light district
willow-leaf arrowhead
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
goat willow (Salix caprea); pussy willow
chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)
Salix urbaniana (species of willow)
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)
riverside willow
beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
Salix leucopithecia (species of willow)
Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loaches under the willow tree