Hanja Analyzer
葉

葉 — yeop, seop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
잎 엽, 고을이름 섭
Romanization
yeop, seop
English
leaf, petal; page of book; period
Mandarin
yè
Japanese on'yomi
ヨウ, ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
は
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#414 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
艸 (140, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+8449

Parts that make up 葉

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 枼 나무 위의 얇은 잎‘엽·접·첩’ 계열의 소리

How 葉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 葉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 枼.

Korean example words with 葉

  • 녹엽綠葉 Korean gloss: 푸른 나뭇잎
  • 눈엽嫩葉 Korean gloss: 새로 나온 연한 잎
  • 낙엽落葉 Korean gloss: 말라서 떨어진 나뭇잎
  • 생엽生葉 Korean gloss: 가공하지 않은 식물의 잎
  • 상엽霜葉 Korean gloss: 서리를 맞아 단풍이 든 잎
  • 홍엽紅葉 Korean gloss: 붉은 잎. 또는 붉게 물든 단풍잎
  • 엽량葉量 Korean gloss: 잎을 사용하는 나무에서 나는 잎의 양
  • 엽초葉草 Korean gloss: 썰지 아니하고 잎사귀 그대로 말린 담배
  • 만엽萬葉 Korean gloss: 잎이 아주 무성함. 또는 그런 나무나 숲
  • 지엽枝葉 Korean gloss: 본질적이거나 중요하지 아니하고 부차적인 부분
  • 엽예葉藝 Korean gloss: 난의 잎을 길러 아름답게 가꾸는 일. 또는 그런 기술이나 방법
  • 태엽胎葉 Korean gloss: 얇고 긴 강철 띠를 돌돌 말아 그 풀리는 힘으로 시계 따위를 움직이게 하는 장치

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 葉

  • 言葉ことば language; dialect; word
  • 葉は leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
  • 青葉あおば fresh leaves
  • 紅葉こうよう leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours
  • 合言葉あいことば password; watchword; motto
  • 若葉わかば new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
  • 双葉ふたば seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud
  • 落ち葉おちば fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
  • 言葉遣いことばづかい speech; expression; wording
  • 広葉樹こうようじゅ broadleaf tree; broad-leaved tree
  • 針葉樹しんようじゅ conifer; needle-leaved tree
  • 木の葉このは leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage

Other hanja read “엽”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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