葉 — leaf, plane, lobe

は葉 leaf

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes plant

U+8449 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #414 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #243 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

leaf
plane
lobe
needle
blade
spear
counter for flat things
fragment
piece

word

は・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

葉(は) ha leaf 言(こと) 葉(ば) kotoba word 千(ち) 葉(ば) chiba Chiba 秋(あき) 葉(は) 原(ばら) akihabara Akihabara (place name) 葉(は) っぱ happa leaf

よう you On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

紅(こう) 葉(よう) kouyou autumn leaves

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

艹 grass

枼 thin slip of wood

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#140 艸 grass

葉 — leaf, plane, lobe

Meanings

word

は・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

よう you On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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葉 — leaf, plane, lobe

Meanings

word

は ・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

よう you On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

は・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).