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葉

JLPT N3 SL3 12 strokes Frequency: #414

Meanings

Leaf, Plane, Lobe, Needle, Blade, Spear, Counter For Flat Things, Fragment, Piece

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹枼

Etymology

Ideographic: A flat 枼 leaf 艹; 枼 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 diagonal bottom-to-top

12 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヨウ you

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

は ha

Words Using This Kanji

461 words total

Other (20 words)

foliage plant

folic acid

cherry tree in leaf

cast iron plant (Aspidistra elatior)

葉芽ようが

leaf bud

葉緑体ようりょくたい

chloroplast

葉風はかぜ

breeze rustling through leaves

葉隠れはがくれ

hiding in the leaves

飼い葉かいば

fodder

譲葉ゆずりは

false daphne (Daphniphyllum macropodum)

tongue twister

lobe of the liver

stems and leaves

language barrier

ineffable

word

to exchange words

to continue (to say)

to be vague

ornamental (foliage) plant

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