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Translingual
Han character
叶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口十 (RJ), composition ⿰口十)
Derived characters
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
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Old Chinese
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| 栛
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*reːbs
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| 珕
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*reːbs, *rebs
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| 荔
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*reːbs, *rebs
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| 脅
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*hlams, *hlab
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| 姭
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*hlams
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| 搚
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*raːb, *raːb
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| 拹
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*hlab
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| 愶
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*hlab
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| 嗋
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*hlab
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| 熁
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*hlab
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| 協
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*ɦleːb
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| 勰
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*ɦleːb
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| 劦
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*ɦleːb
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| 叶
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*ɦleːb
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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
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). |
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Japanese
Kanji
叶
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- fulfill
- come true
Readings
Korean
Hanja
叶 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)
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