| 楊 | 131B05 10B.50-4 | 部居  | 畫數 13 | ㄧㄤˊ [yang2] | ||
| N. | (1) The poplar, aspen: 白楊 white poplars; 赤楊 the alder; 黃楊木 boxwood. (2) The willow: 楊柳 [yang2liu3]↓. (3) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 楊花 [yang2hua1], n., willow catkins: 水性楊花 said of an inconstant woman; 楊花蘿蔔 a kind of turnip. 2. 楊枝 [yang2zhi1], n., tender willow branch, used for cleaning teeth (of Hindu origin): 楊枝淨水 for brushing teeth in morning. 3. 楊柳 [yang2liu3], n., (1) the willow and aspen (the aspen with flattened leafstalks that tremble in the breeze and the willow known as “weeping willow” with soft hanging stems); (2) the willows. 4. 楊櫨 [yang2lu2], n., (bot.) Diervilla japonica, a flowering brush. 5. 楊梅 [yang2mei2], n., the arbutus, the wild strawberry, tree, Myrica rubra, its berries; 楊梅瘡[yang2mei2chuang1], syphilitic sores. 6. 楊桃 [yang2tao2], n., (bot.) the carambola. 7. 楊桐 [yang2tong2], n., (bot.) Eurya ochnacea. | |||||