IDENTITY
叶yèleaf
HSK 3Top 300
CORE MEANING
leaf
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.leafHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 口mouth radical (kǒu)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰口十
- the leaf shape
- leaf veins
USAGE
Common words
树叶shùyètree leaves
茶叶cháyètea leaves
叶子yèzileaf
Graded examples
树上的叶子掉了。Shù shang de yèzi diào le.HSK4
The leaves have fallen from the tree.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A leaf shape (口) with veins (十). (Simplified from 葉.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #300
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
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