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Kanji for Leaf
The kanji for “leaf” is 葉, read you and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
leaf
Leaves; growth and the fresh green of nature.
Hagakure (葉隠), meaning "Hidden by the Leaves," is a legendary 18th-century treatise on the samurai way.
12 strokes On reading ヨウ (you) Kun reading は (ha) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ha, yo, you
In Japan it appears in about 1,162 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 葉: Evan 永葉 · Robert 路葉桐 · Trevor 斗玲葉 · Tiffany 定葉仁 · Jennifer 路恵仁葉 · Kimberly 希葉里 · Savannah 紗葉奈 · Stephanie 寿天葉仁 · Christopher 久里寿登葉 · Ha 葉 · Pa 葉 · Ava 恵葉 and 360 more
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