叶

xié = xi + e2

to be in harmony

yè = y + e4

leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats / a surname

叶 = 十 + 口 : Maud Younger (y) practised a trick shot all day in the elevator's bathroom (e4). She's now able to throw a leaf (叶) high in the air, then quickly throw a mandarin (口) and beat the mandarin with a cross (十) like a baseball with a bat so that the mandarin rips a hole right into the leaf.

叶 = 十 + 口 : You could see the cross 十 as the leaves 叶 of the mandarin 口.

叶 character breakdown

叶
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 口

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 叶 as component

叶 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 叶

tree leaves

maple leaf

leaf tobacco

lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees

hinge

red autumnal leaves

chlorophyll

the first half (of a period)

coriander leaf

bay leaf / laurel leaf

geraniol (chemistry)

(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish

(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)

Sauropus spatulifolius Beille (shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family)

tarragon

Sentences with 叶

叶 currently does not appear in any sentence.