葉

See also: 叶, 頁, and 页

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 枼. Note that 枼 means “table, flat”, so connotations of “a flat plant part, a leaf”.

Han character

葉 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿心廿木 (TPTD), four-corner 4490₄, composition ⿱艹枼)

References

• KangXi: page 1044, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31387
• Dae Jaweon: page 1504, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3243, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8449

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Chinese

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trad.		葉
simp.		叶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yè (ye⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶, sip³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ya̍p
• Min Nan (POJ): hio̍h / ia̍p
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hhiq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yeh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶, sip³
    • Yale: yihp, sip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹, sip⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚²/, /siːp̚³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍p
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /jap̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hio̍h / ia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: hio̍h / ia̍p
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔʔ⁴/, /iap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔʔ¹²¹/, /iap̚¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hhiq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (葉, reconstructed)
Character (葉), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 葉 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 與涉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiᴇp̚/	/i̯ɛp̚/	/iɛp̚/	/jiɛp̚/	/jiap̚/	/jĭɛp̚/	/jæp̚/
Character (葉), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 書 (26) Final: 葉 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 書涉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɕiᴇp̚/	/ɕi̯ɛp̚/	/ɕiɛp̚/	/ɕiɛp̚/	/ɕiap̚/	/ɕĭɛp̚/	/ɕjæp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (葉, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
葉								yè								‹ yep ›								/*l[a]p/								leaf
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
葉					11557					世					盍					2					攝					/*hljeb/
葉					11561					世					盍					2					葉					/*leb/

Definitions

葉

1. leaf, petal
2. page of book
3. era, epoch
4. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms

• 乾荷葉／干荷叶

• 合香葉／合香叶

• 枇杷葉／枇杷叶

• 淡竹葉／淡竹叶

• 祛病葉／祛病叶

• 艾葉／艾叶

• 葉公好龍／叶公好龙

• 葉塊繁殖／叶块繁殖

• 葉子／叶子

• 葉柄／叶柄

• 葉片／叶片

• 葉綠素／叶绿素

• 葉綠體／叶绿体

• 葉肉／叶肉

• 葉脈／叶脉

• 葉芽／叶芽

• 葉落歸根／叶落归根

• 葉落知秋／叶落知秋

• 葉酸／叶酸

• 葉黃素／叶黄素

• 葉齡／叶龄

• 薄荷葉／薄荷叶

• 蘇葉／苏叶

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Japanese

Kanji

葉

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: よう (yō), (historical) えふ (efu), しょう (shō) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: よう (yō), しょう (shō)
• Kun: は (ha)
• Nanori: よ (yo), わ (wa)

Compounds

Derived terms

葉脈 (ようみゃく) (yōmyaku) 葉緑体 (ようりょくたい) (yōryokutai) 葉月 (はづき) (hazuki)

葉柄 (ようへい) (yōhei) 葉緑素 (ようりょくそ) (yōryokuso) 葉片 (ようへん) (yōhen)

葉肉 (ようにく) (yōniku) 千葉 (ちば) (Chiba) 葉山 (はやま) (Hayama)

Etymology 1

Wikipedia ^ja Wikipedia

葉 (ha, yō): sunlight through leaves.

Kanji in this term

葉

は Grade: 3

kun'yomi

/pa/ → /fa/ → /ha/

From Old Japanese. Probably cognate with Old Japanese verb 生ゆ (hayu, “to sprout, to grow”) → modern 生える (haeru), and with 羽 (ha, “feather; wing”). Probably also cognate with 歯 (ha, “tooth”) from the way that both sprout and then later fall, and with 刃 (ha, “blade”) from similarities in shape.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) は [hà] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠]

Noun

葉 (counter 枚, hiragana は, romaji ha)

1. leaf, needle, blade (of a plant)

Synonyms

• 葉 (は)っぱ (happa)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

葉

よう Grade: 3

on'yomi

/epu/ → /efu/ → /eu/ → /yoː/

From Middle Chinese 葉 (yep, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) よ​う [yóꜜò] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Noun

葉 (hiragana よう, romaji yō, historical hiragana えふ)

1. leaf, needle, blade (of a plant)
2. a season, an age: a shorter period of time within a longer one
3. an administration: the period of time during which a certain person holds a certain office

Counter

葉 (hiragana よう, romaji -yō, historical hiragana えふ)

1. (rare) counter for flat, thin things such as leaves or paper
2. Template:qualifer counter for small boats

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Korean

Hanja

葉 (yeop, seop) (hangeul 엽, 섭, McCune-Reischauer yŏp, sŏp, Yale yep, sep)

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Okinawan

Kanji

葉 (hiragana ふぁー, romaji faa)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Japonic pa. Cognate with Kunigami phaá, Middle Japanese ɸa, and modern Japanese ha.

Noun

葉 (hiragana ふぁー, romaji faa)

1. leaf

Compounds

Derived terms

言葉 (くとぅば, kutuba) 島言葉 (しまくとぅば, shimakutuba)

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Vietnamese

Han character

葉 (diệp, diếp, dợp, dớp, đẹp, giấp, giẹp, nhịp, riếp, dào)

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