葉 – leaf, plane, lobe

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#414 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 葉 means leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is は (wa). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	は	wa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 木・世・艾.

Words using 葉

言葉ことばlanguage葉書はがきpostcard葉はleaf紅葉こうようleaves turning red (in autumn)紅葉もみじmaple (tree)言葉遣いことばづかいspeech落葉おちばfallen leaves

Example sentences

「言葉の一面は、伝達しようとする意志である」と彼は言う。

"One aspect of language is an intent to communicate," he says.

Tatoeba #236336

言葉が出てこなかった。

Words failed me.

Tatoeba #174713

乱暴な言葉を使ってはいけない。

Don't be rough in speech.

Tatoeba #78508

Kanji with the same radical

落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華荒

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