叶
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leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats
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- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
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- 5
- Radical
- 口 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 叶
- Common rank
- #392
- Unicode
- U+53F6
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Words with 叶
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叶城县 | Kargilik, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang | |
| 单子叶 | monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orch… | |
| 龙利叶 | Sauropus spatulifolius Beille (shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family) | |
| 冰叶日中花 | ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) | |
| 叶公好龙 | lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom); fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actual… | |
| 子叶 | (botany) cotyledon; seed leaf | |
| 叶子 | leaf (CL:片[pian4]); (slang) marijuana | |
| 叶县 | Ye County or Yexian, a county in Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 Shi4], Hena… | |
| 中叶 | mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period | |
| 叶子板 | (Tw) fender (automotive) | |
| 叶面 | leaf surface | |
| 三叶草 | clover; trefoil | |
| 三叶星云 | Trifid Nebula, M20 | |
| 双子叶 | dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadle… | |
| 上半叶 | the first half (of a period) | |
| 叶门 | Yemen (Tw) | |
| 叶集区 | Yeji, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4 an1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 合叶 | hinge | |
| 多叶 | leafy | |
| 叶城 | see 葉城縣|叶城县[Ye4 cheng2 Xian4] |