ヨウ, は, わ
leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, no. of flat things

This kanji has 12 strokes: 6 in the "grass" radical (くさ) and 6 other strokes.

Sample compounds (17) :


  1. leaf

  2. したば
    lower leaves

  3. ちゅうよう
    about the middle (of an era)

  4. ばつよう
    the last descendant, the last days of any age

  5. うれば
    end leaves, top leaves, last leaves

  6. ふたば
    bud, sprout

  7. ふたば
    bud, sprout

  8. はまき
    cigar

  9. おしば
    pressed leaves

  10. しよう
    leaves & branches, side issues, foliage

  11. かれは
    dead leaf, dry leaves
  12. ほりほり
    ねほりはほり
    (id) thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through

  13. もみじ
    autumn colours, maple

  14. らくよう
    (vs) fallen leaves, leaf litter, defoliation, shedding leaves

  15. おちば
    (vs) fallen leaves, leaf litter, defoliation, shedding leaves

  16. ことば
    word(s), language, speech

  17. はかげ
    under the (shadow) of the leaves (of a tree)
Kanji Character : 葉
Kuten Encoding : 4553
SJIS Encoding : 4d55
Unicode Encoding : 8449
Old Nelson Index : 4001
Radical Number : 140
Frequency Ranking : 451
Gakken Index : 405
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 2321
Heisig Index : 228
Henshall Index : 405
New Nelson Index : 5129
O'Neil Index : 1991
Stroke Count : 12
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 3k9.21
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : k
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 21
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 253
SKIP Code : 2-3-9
De Roo Code : 1964
Four Corner Code : 4490.4
Korean reading : seob
Pinyin reading : she4
Morohashi Index String : 31387P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 9.0770
Morohashi Index Number : 31387
Morohashi Page : 770
Morohashi Volume : 9
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Missclassification Codes
  1. SP2-3-8
Dictionary Codes
  1. R1964
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