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葉 = 枼 + 艹

葉 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “leaf”. It is built from 枼 (tarzan) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 243.

Keyword
leaf
RTK frame
243
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
は
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
лист
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
葉 leaf

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 枼 tarzan
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 葉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tarzan” + “mugwort”. 葉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 葉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.