叶

yè

leaf

surname Ye; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats

mouth (口) + ten (十) = leaf

十 likely contributes a phonetic hint here; 口 originally evoked an opening or mouth shape. Together they form the character for leaf, though the connection is largely conventional rather than pictographic.

口+十→叶
十TenPhonetic
口MouthSemantic

秋天到了,树叶慢慢变黄了。

qiū tiān dào le, shù yè màn màn biàn huáng le。

Autumn has come, and the tree leaves are slowly turning yellow.

风吹过来,地上的落叶飞了起来。

fēng chuī guò lái, dì shàng de luò yè fēi le qǐ lái。

The wind blew over, and the fallen leaves on the ground flew up.

Words with 叶

叶轮

yè lún

turbine wheel

枫叶

fēng yè

maple leaf

千叶

qiān yè

Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)

艾叶

ài yè

mugwort leaf (TCM)

阔叶

kuò yè

broad-leaved (tree)

叶卡捷琳堡

yè kǎ jié lín bǎo

Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)

中叶

zhōng yè

mid- (e.g. mid-century)

叶轮机械

yè lún jī xiè

turbomachine

叶选平

yè xuǎn píng

Ye Xuanping (1924-2019), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]

叶酸

yè suān

folic acid

叶里温

yè lǐ wēn

Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)

叶门

yè mén

Yemen (Tw)

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