川かわ柳やぎMeanings1nounriverside willowarchaicArchaic term for a willow tree growing by a river. The more common modern reading for this kanji is かわやなぎ.See also: 川柳 (かわやなぎ)古ふるい和わ歌かでは、川かわ柳やぎが川かわ辺べの情じょう景けいとして詠よまれることがある。In old waka poetry, 川柳 (かわやぎ) is sometimes composed as a riverside scene.