葉

See also: 叶, 頁, and 页

葉 U+8449, 葉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8449 ← 葈 [U+8448] CJK Unified Ideographs 葊 → [U+844A]

葉 U+F96E, 葉 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F96E ← 省 [U+F96D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 說 → [U+F96F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japan

Han character

葉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 12 (Japan), 13 (traditional Chinese) strokes, cangjie input 廿心廿木 (TPTD), four-corner 4490₄, composition ⿱艹枼)

Derived characters

• 僷, 𡢬, 𭜆, 𬀗, 瞸, 𮒅, 𠿚, 䭟, 䜓, 擛, 𨆡, 𢢲, 𬛚, 𰯏, 𣩨, 𣋑, 𩆏, 鐷, 㵩, 𤐌, 𣜿, 𤗽, 𡑢, 𥖢, 𠪸, 𧝵, 𩍣, 𥜈, 𨗸, 𩦭, 𫅠, 蠂, 𫊍, 𮓎

References

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

• Unihan data for U+F96E

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Chinese

trad.		葉
simp.		叶*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (世) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貰	*ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇	*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	*lebs, *sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	*lebs, *led
呭	*lebs
勩	*lebs, *libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫	*zreːb, *sled
煠	*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	*rlaːb, *sleːb
殜	*l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉	*hljeb, *leb
弽	*hljeb, *hleːb
韘	*hljeb, *sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	*leb, *hleːb
蝶	*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljeb, *leb): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 枼 (OC *leb, “flat”).

Possibly also ideogrammic compound (會意) with 枼 (“leaf”) also acting as a semantic component.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lap (“leaf”). Cognate with Tibetan ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”), Western Tibetan ལོབ་མ (lob ma, “leaf”), Jingpho lap (“leaf”). Related to 世 (OC *hljebs, “world”).

This is part of the word family *lVp meaning “flat”, represented by the phonetic component 枼 (OC *leb). Compare also 茶 (OC *rlaː, “tea < *leaf”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yè (ye⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): ye²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): е (i͡ə, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): jip⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiap⁴, yiap⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): iet⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ya̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yab⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): ieh⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): cià
• Min Dong (BUC): iĕk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ia̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iab⁸ / iêb⁸ / iag⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhiq (T5)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ie⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yeh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (葉兒／叶儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: yèr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: yêrh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yell
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛɻ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ye²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: е (i͡ə, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶
    • Yale: yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yiap⁴, yiap⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiap̚²¹/, /jiap̚³²/

Note: yiap5 - surname.

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: iet⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: iab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯ap̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ap̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /iap̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iəʔ²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cià
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iap
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /iap̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iab⁸ / iêb⁸ / iag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ia̍p / ie̍p / ia̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iap̚⁴/, /iep̚⁴/, /iak̚⁴/

Note:

• iab8 - surname (Shantou);
• iêb8 - surname (Chaozhou);
• iag8 - surname (Chenghai).

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: hhiq (T5)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ɪʔ¹²/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: ie⁶
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ie̞²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 葉
Mandarin	Beijing	/iɛ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/iɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ie⁵³/
	Jinan	/iə²¹/
	Qingdao	/iə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/iɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/iɛ²¹/
	Xining	/i⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/iə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/iɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ie³¹/
	Guiyang	/ie²¹/
	Kunming	/iɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/ieʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/iɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/iʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/iaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦiɪʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ɦiəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦiəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ji²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/ie²²/
	Tunxi	/ia¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ie²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/iɛʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/iap̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/ʒɑp̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jip̚²/
	Nanning	/jip̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/jip̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/iap̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ieʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sia⁴²/ /xiɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/iap̚⁵/ /hioʔ⁵/ 訓讀
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/iap̚³/ 姓 /hio³³/ 訓箬

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇp̚/

Rime
Character	葉
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與涉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/jæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiap̚/
Li Rong	/iɛp̚/
Wang Li	/jĭɛp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jip6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l[a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*leb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	葉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yè
Middle Chinese	‹ yep ›
Old Chinese	/*l[a]p/
English	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	葉
Reading #	2/2
No.	11561
Phonetic component	世
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	葉
Old Chinese	/*leb/

Definitions

葉

1. leaf; petal (Classifier: 塊／块 c; 片 c)
2. era; epoch
3. (southern Wu, Min) wing
4. Classifier for small boats.

   • 能暫時懷念某種老朋友　不過未能共享一葉舟 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     能暂时怀念某种老朋友　不过未能共享一叶舟 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2022, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], lyrics by 林夕 [Albert Leung], 《某種老朋友》 [Regression]

     nang⁴ zaam⁶ si⁴ waai⁴ nim⁶ mau⁵ zung² lou⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵, bat¹ gwo³ mei⁶ nang⁴ gung⁶ hoeng² jat¹ jip⁶ zau¹ [Jyutping]

     I can temporarily reminisce about some sort of old friend, but I cannot share a boat with them

5. Alternative form of 頁／页 (yè, “page”).
6. A surname​.

   葉飛 / 叶飞  ―  Yè Fēi  ―  Ye Fei (Chinese military general and politician of the People's Republic of China)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 葉子 (“leaf”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		葉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葉, 葉子
Mandarin	Beijing	葉子, 葉兒
	Taiwan	葉子
	Jinan	葉兒, 葉子
	Wanrong	葉子
	Xi'an	葉子, 葉葉兒
	Wuhan	葉子
	Chengdu	葉子
	Guiyang	葉子
	Guilin	葉子
	Yangzhou	葉子
	Hefei	葉子
	Singapore	葉子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葉
	Hong Kong	葉
	Taishan	葉
	Yangjiang	葉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	葉
Gan	Nanchang	葉子
Hakka	Meixian	葉仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	葉仔
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	葉仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	葉仔
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	葉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	葉仔, 葉
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	葉
Jin	Taiyuan	葉子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	箬, 箬仔
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	箬
Min Dong	Fuzhou	箬, 箬箬
	Gutian	箬
	Pingnan	箬
	Fu'an	箬
	Ningde	箬
	Xiapu	箬
	Zherong	箬
	Shouning	箬
	Zhouning	箬
	Fuding	箬
	Matsu	箬箬
Min Nan	Xiamen	箬, 箬仔
	Quanzhou	箬
	Zhangzhou	箬
	Taipei	箬仔
	Kaohsiung	箬仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	箬仔
	Tainan	箬仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	箬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	箬
	Manila (Hokkien)	箬
	Chaozhou	箬
	Jieyang	箬
	Singapore (Teochew)	箬
	Leizhou	箬
	Haikou	箬
	Singapore (Hainanese)	箬
Wu	Shanghai	葉子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	葉子
	Suzhou	葉子
	Danyang	葉子
	Ningbo	葉爿
	Wenzhou	葉
Xiang	Changsha	葉子
	Shuangfeng	葉子

Descendants

• → English: Ye, Yeh, Yip, Ip, Yap, Yeap
• → Tagalog: Yap

Compounds

• See 葉/derived_terms § Leaf (Chinese).

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yè, Shè (Ye⁴, She⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ, ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³
• Min Nan (POJ): Siap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: Yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yeh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shê4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sip³
    • Yale: sip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siap
    • Tâi-lô: Siap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiap̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇp̚/

Rime
Character	葉
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書涉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiap̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛp̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljeb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葉
Reading #	1/2
No.	11557
Phonetic component	世
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	攝
Old Chinese	/*hljeb/

Definitions

葉

1. (～縣) Ye County, Henan, China
2. A surname​.

Compounds

• 摩訶迦葉／摩诃迦叶

• 葉公好龍／叶公好龙 (Yègōnghàolóng)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Min Bei (KCR): niò̤
• Min Dong (BUC): niŏh
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hio̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiêh⁸ / hioh⁸

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• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niɔ⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: niŏh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡuoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiêh⁸ / hioh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hie̍h / hio̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieʔ⁴/, /hioʔ⁴/

Note:

• hiêh8 - Chaozhou;
• hioh8 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 葉
Mandarin	Beijing	/iɛ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/iɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ie⁵³/
	Jinan	/iə²¹/
	Qingdao	/iə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/iɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/iɛ²¹/
	Xining	/i⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/iə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/iɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ie³¹/
	Guiyang	/ie²¹/
	Kunming	/iɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/ieʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/iɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/iʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/iaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦiɪʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ɦiəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦiəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ji²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/ie²²/
	Tunxi	/ia¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ie²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/iɛʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/iap̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/ʒɑp̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jip̚²/
	Nanning	/jip̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/jip̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/iap̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ieʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sia⁴²/ /xiɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/iap̚⁵/ /hioʔ⁵/ 訓讀
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/iap̚³/ 姓 /hio³³/ 訓箬

Definitions

葉

1. (Min) Alternative form of 箬 (“leaf”).

References

• “Entry #10004”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

葉

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}; よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}; よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kun: は (ha, 葉, Jōyō)
• Nanori: よ (yo); わ (wa)

Compounds

• See 葉/derived_terms § Kanji.

Etymology 1

葉 (ha, yō): sunlight through leaves.

Kanji in this term
葉
は Grade: 3
kun’yomi

/pa/ → /ɸa/ → /ha/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pa.

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. Compare English blade.

Cognate with Okinawan 葉 (fā).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) は [hà] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠]

Noun

葉(は) • (ha)  (counter 枚)

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 (MC jiᴇp̚, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よ​ー [yóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Noun

葉(よう) • (yō) ^{←えふ (efu)?}

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(よう) • (-yō) ^{←えふ (efu)?}

1. (rare) counter for flat, thin things such as leaves or paper
2. (by extension) counter for small boats

Further reading

• Entry at Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)

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Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 葉 (MC jiᴇp̚).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	엽〮 (Yale: yép)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1]	닙〮 (Yale: níp)	엽 (Yale: yep)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [엽]

Hanja

Wikisource

葉 (eumhun 잎 엽 (ip yeop))

1. Hanja form^? of 엽 (“leaf”). [affix]

Compounds

• See 葉/derived_terms § Leaf (Korean).

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 葉 (MC ɕiᴇp̚).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	셥〮 (Yale: syép)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [섭]

Hanja

葉 (eumhun 땅 이름 섭 (ttang ireum seop))

1. Hanja form^? of 섭 (“A surname​.”).

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Kunigami

Kanji

葉

• Kun: ぱー (phā)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pa, from Proto-Japonic *pa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰaː/

Noun

葉 (hiragana ぱー, romaji phā)

1. leaf

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Miyako

Kanji

葉

• Kun: ぱー (pā)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pa, from Proto-Japonic *pa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

Noun

葉 (hiragana ぱー, romaji pā)

1. leaf

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Okinawan

Kanji

葉

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: ふぁー (fā, 葉)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pa, from Proto-Japonic *pa. Cognate with mainland Japanese 葉 (ha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸaː/

Noun

葉 (hiragana ふぁー, rōmaji fā)

1. leaf

   クロトンぬ葉(ふぁー)や色(いる)清(じゅ)らさぬ、いくちん集(あち)みてぃ植(っゐー)らっとーん。

   Kuroton-nu fā-ya iru jurasanu, ikuchin achimiti 'wīrattōn.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

Derived terms

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

References

• “ふぁー【葉】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ファー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary.

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Vietnamese

Han character

葉: Hán Nôm readings: diệp, diếp, dợp, dớp, đẹp, giấp, giẹp, nhịp, riếp, dào

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Yaeyama

Kanji

葉

• Kun: ぱー (pā)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pa, from Proto-Japonic *pa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

Noun

葉 (hiragana ぱー, romaji pā)

1. leaf

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Yonaguni

Kanji

葉

• Kun: はー (hā)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pa, from Proto-Japonic *pa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː/

Noun

葉 (hiragana はー, romaji hā)

1. leaf