叶 — hyeop

Parts that make up 叶

How 叶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 叶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 十.

Japanese words with 叶

• 叶うかなう to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled
• 叶えるかなえる to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream)
• 叶わぬかなわぬ impossible (dream, wish, etc.); unfulfillable; unrequited (love)
• 叶わぬ夢かなわぬゆめ impossible dream
• 叶うことならかなうことなら if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
• 願ったり叶ったりねがったりかなったり everything working out as desired
• 叶わぬ時の神頼みかなわぬときのかみだのみ turning to God only in one's trouble
• 棒ほど願って針ほど叶うぼうほどねがってはりほどかなう you can't always get what you want; man plans and God laughs; things don't always turn out the way you hope

Characters sharing the phonetic 十

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “협”

Other hanja with radical 口