叶(yè)

HSK 45 strokesTrad. 葉
Readingsyèxié

to be in harmony

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Character information

Pinyin
yè / xié
Meaning
to be in harmony
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
葉

Origin & structure

Where 叶 comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿰口十

Made of

口kǒu十shí

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 葉: A flat 枼 leaf 艹; 枼 also provides the pronunciation

How to write 叶 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 叶

Common words using 叶 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shù树yè叶
HSK 4

tree leaves

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zhōng中yè叶

mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period

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gān干yè叶

dried leaf

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shén什yè叶

Shia (a movement in Islam)

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yī一yè叶zhī知qiū秋

lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)

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yī一yè叶zhàng障mù目

lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)

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sān三yè叶cǎo草

clover

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sān三yè叶chóng虫

(paleontology) trilobite

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丈与严临之乎亚企

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树中干什一知秋障

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