漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
叶: grant, answer
JLPT N15 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 十 is drawn in
5 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
かなえるkanaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 叶えるかなえるto grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer)
- 叶わぬかなわぬimpossible (dream, wish, etc.)
かなうkanau · kun'yomi
- 叶うかなうto come true (of a dream, wish, etc.)
Also read キョウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yè
Same form: 叶 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 叶 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 叶 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yè most common reading
False friend. In simplified Chinese, 叶 also stands for 葉 (leaf, plane), which Japanese writes as a separate kanji.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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