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KanjiN3Grade 3 · 小312 strokesRadical 艸#414 in newspapers

葉 · leaf, plane

葉 is a kanji meaning leaf, plane, lobe, needle. It has 12 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ヨウyō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • はha

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 葉 · 7 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 葉
WordReadingMeaningLevel
言葉ことばlanguage; word(s); expression(s)N5
葉書はがきpostcardN5
葉はleafN4
紅葉こうようfall colors (of leaves)N2
言葉遣いことばづかいspeech, expression, wordingN2
紅葉もみじ(Japanese) mapleN2
Show all 7 words
More words that use 葉
WordReadingMeaningLevel
落ち葉おちばfallen leavesN1

Example sentence

私は言葉に困った。

わたしはことばにこまった

I was at a loss for words.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #157242 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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