Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
艾 (カイ, ゲイ, もぐさ, よもぎ, おさ.める, か.る) – moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
艸 (ソウ, くさ, くさかんむり, そうこう) – grass; plants

Henshall Mnemonic: leaves are generation of plants on tree

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #414 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 言葉   [ことば]
  (n) word(s); language; speech   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 葉書   [はがき]
  (n) postcard   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 葉   [は]
  (n) leaf   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 言葉遣い   [ことばづかい]
  (n) speech; expression; wording   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 紅葉   [こうよう]
  (n) (1) autumn colours; (2) (Japanese) maple   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 紅葉   [もみじ]
  (n) (1) (Japanese) maple   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 落ち葉   [おちば]
  (n,vs) fallen leaves; leaf litter; defoliation; shedding leaves   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 絵葉書   [えはがき]
  (n) picture postcard   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 枯れ葉   [かれは]
  (n) dead leaf; dry leaves   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 枯葉   [かれは]
  (n) dead leaf; dry leaves   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 広葉樹   [こうようじゅ]
  (n) broadleaf tree   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 合言葉   [あいことば]
  (n) password; watchword   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 根掘り葉掘り   [ねほりはほり]
  (adv,exp) thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 枝葉   [えだは]
  (n) leaves and branches; side issues; foliage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 枝葉   [しよう]
  (n) leaves and branches; side issues; foliage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 若葉   [わかば]
  (n) new leaves; fresh verdure   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 書き言葉   [かきことば]
  (n) the written word; the written language   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 松葉   [まつば]
  (n) pine needle   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 青葉   [あおば]
  (n) fresh leaves   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 双葉   [ふたば]
  (n) bud; sprout   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 木ノ葉   [このは]
  (n) foliage; leaves of trees   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 葉っぱ   [はっぱ]
  (n) leaf   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 葉巻   [はまき]
  (n) cigar   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 話し言葉   [はなしことば]
  (n) spoken word   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 葉 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.