叶

See also: 葉

叶	U+53F6, 叶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F6

← 叵
[U+53F5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

号 →
[U+53F7]

Translingual

Han character

叶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口十 (RJ), composition ⿰口十)

Derived characters

𭈍

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3255
Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 568, character 2
Unihan data for U+53F6

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
栛	*reːbs
珕	reːbs, rebs
荔	reːbs, rebs
脅	hlams, hlab
姭	*hlams
搚	raːb, raːb
拹	*hlab
愶	*hlab
嗋	*hlab
熁	*hlab
協	*ɦleːb
勰	*ɦleːb
劦	*ɦleːb
叶	*ɦleːb

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 十 (“ten”) – many voices in harmony. 十 (OC *ɡjub) may also act as a phonetic component. It is an ancient variant form of 協 (OC *ɦleːb) used since antiquity.

It was later borrowed for 葉 / 叶 because 協 / 协 (xié) and 葉 / 叶 are homophones in some varieties of Northern Wu. This usage was made official in Simplified Chinese.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 叶 – see 協 (“to cooperate; to work together; to collaborate; to assist; to help; etc.”). (This character is an ancient variant form of 協).

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 叶 – see 葉 (“leaf; petal; era; epoch; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 葉).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

叶

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

fulfill
come true

Readings

Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
Kun: かなう (kanau, 叶う)^{←かなふ (kanafu, 叶ふ, historical)}、かなえる (kanaeru, 叶える)^{←かなへる (kanaferu, 叶へる, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

叶 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

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