Willow
in Japanese
Yanagi
willow
Character by character
Other ways to write Willow
偉朗
I · Rō
greatness · clarity
羽依路
U · I · Ro
feather · devotion · path
About Willow in Japanese
In Japan, Willow is written ウィロー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 柳 is read Yanagi. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 柳 (Yanagi, willow).
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How do you write Willow in Japanese?+
Willow is written ウィロー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 柳, read Yanagi.
What does 柳 mean?+
Character by character, 柳 means willow.
Is 柳 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Yanagi and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Willow is written in katakana: ウィロー.