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叶

xié, yè

be in harmony, leaf

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound. Originally a variant of 協 (cooperate). Later used as the simplified form of the phonetically similar character 葉 (leaf).

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Based on the meaning "cooperate", "be in harmony". Unrelated to "leaf".

十 sound component

十  Sound component

shí

  

ten

Evolution

叶 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
叶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
叶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
叶 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
叶 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

叶  

xié

to be in harmony

叶 (葉) 

yè

leaf, petal; page of book; period; leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats

叶 (葉) 

Yè

surname Ye

Most common words with 叶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

叶

leaf

茶叶

tea

叶子

foliage

树叶

tree leaves

朱丽叶

Juliet or Juliette (name)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l[a]p

yep

yè

leaf

*[ɢ]ˤep

hep

xié

in harmony


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 11.7412% of movies

1685th most common character in movies

920th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

葉

Unicode

U+53F6


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