叶

See also: 葉
叶 U+53F6, 叶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F6
← 叵
[U+53F5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 号 →
[U+53F7]

Translingual

Han character

叶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口十 (RJ), composition ⿰口十)

Derived characters
  • 𭈍

References
  • KangXi: 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
Characters in the same phonetic series (劦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
栛 *reːbs
珕 *reːbs, *rebs
荔 *reːbs, *rebs
脅 *hlams, *hlab
姭 *hlams
搚 *raːb, *raːb
拹 *hlab
愶 *hlab
嗋 *hlab
熁 *hlab
協 *ɦleːb
勰 *ɦleːb
劦 *ɦleːb
叶 *ɦleːb

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 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 Wu. This usage was made official in Simplified Chinese.

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 叶 – see 協 (“to cooperate; to work together; to collaborate; to assist; to help; etc.”).
(This character, 叶, is an ancient variant form of 協.)

Compounds
  • 叶吉
  • 潭祉叶吉
  • 夢蘭叶吉／梦兰叶吉

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 叶 – see 葉 (“leaf; petal; era; epoch; etc.”).
(This character, 叶, is the simplified and variant form of 葉.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
叶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. fulfill
  2. come true

Readings

Korean

Hanja

叶 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

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