Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese · Vietnamese · unknown
柳
“arrow”·“tree”
柳 (Yanagi) is a surname from Old Japanese, ultimately from Middle Chinese. It is used in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese.
Chinese and Japanese and Vietnamese and unknownWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Yanagi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
柳 is built from elements meaning “arrow” and “tree”.
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Where it comes from
柳 comes from Old Japanese, and ultimately from Middle Chinese.
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How it developed
Built from Japanese 矢 (ya, “arrow”) + な (na) + 木 (ki, “tree”).
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柳’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 柳 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as YANAGI. In Japanese usage, 柳 as a surname has a related form in 楊. In Japanese usage, 柳 as a surname has a related form in 楊柳.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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