The kanji 葉: meaning, readings and stroke order

葉

Meaning: leaf
On reading: ヨウ you
Kun reading: は ha
Strokes: 12
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lá cây (diệp)
Japanese: きのは。はっぱ。
Korean: 잎, 나뭇잎 (섭·엽)
Chinese: 叶子 (叶)

Readings, words and example sentences

ヨウ you · on reading · less common

落らく葉よう
fallen leaves
秋になると 落らく葉ようが多くなります。
In autumn, there are lots of fallen leaves.

は ha · kun reading

葉は
leaf
木の葉はが赤くなりました。
The leaves on the tree turned red.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.