Onyomi: ヨウ · Kunyomi: は · Meanings: blade, counter for flat things, fragment, leaf, lobe, needle, piece, plane, spear
Kanji for blade, counter for flat things, fragment, leaf, lobe
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葉 is formed from the grass/plant radical 艹 on the top, 世 in the middle, and 木 at the bottom. The top radical represents plants or leaves, 世 adds a layer of structure or generation, and 木 represents a tree. Together, they express the idea of leaves growing on a tree across generations. From this, 葉 came to mean leaf or foliage.
葉 shows leaves on a tree, meaning leaf or foliage.
葉 is used when referring to leaves or foliage. Remember 葉 as the green parts that grow from trees and plants.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 葉 | は | leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 葉 | よう | counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc. | Suffix, Counter |
| 葉書 | はがき | postcard | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 葉っぱ | はっぱ | leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle | common Noun |
| 葉巻 | はまき | cigar | Noun |
| 葉書大 | はがきだい | postcard size | Noun |
| 葉月 | はづき | eighth month of the lunar calendar | Noun |
| 葉桜 | はざくら | cherry tree in leaf, cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves | Noun |
| 葉隠 | はがくれ | Hagakure (treatise on bushido as told to Tashiro Tsuramoto by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, 1716) | Noun |
| 葉状体 | ようじょうたい | thallus | Noun |