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Kanji Information Sheet for 葉 (
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English: leaf plane lobe needle blade spear counter for flat things fragment piece | On-Yomi: ヨウ | Kun-Yomi: は よ わ |
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
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
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
JLPT N4 Words
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
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 根掘り葉掘り [ねほりはほり]
(adv,exp) thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through [K] [D] [Jisho] - 若葉 [わかば]
(n) new leaves; fresh verdure [K] [D] [Jisho] - 絵葉書 [えはがき]
(n) picture postcard [K] [D] [Jisho] - 書き言葉 [かきことば]
(n) the written word; the written language [K] [D] [Jisho] - 合言葉 [あいことば]
(n) password; watchword [K] [D] [Jisho] - 枯れ葉 [かれは]
(n) dead leaf; dry leaves [K] [D] [Jisho] - 双葉 [ふたば]
(n) bud; sprout [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] - 木ノ葉 [このは]
(n) foliage; leaves of trees [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話し言葉 [はなしことば]
(n) spoken word [K] [D] [Jisho] - 青葉 [あおば]
(n) fresh leaves [K] [D] [Jisho] - 松葉 [まつば]
(n) pine needle [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] - 葉っぱ [はっぱ]
(n) leaf [K] [D] [Jisho] - 葉巻 [はまき]
(n) cigar [K] [D] [Jisho]
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.