Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ヨウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

緑素(ようりょくそ)   chlorophyl

(こうよう)   autumn colors, autumn leaves

樹(しんようじゅ)   conifer, needle-leaved tree

末節(しようまっせつ)   trivial details

(は)   leaf, foliage

っぱ(はっぱ)   leaf

書(はがき)   postcard

(ことば)   word, language, speech

落ち(おちば)   fallen leaves

*紅(もみじ)   Japanese maple

Onyomi Examples

ヨウ counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc., counter for boats

ヨウイ omasum, psalterium, third compartment of the stomach in ruminants

シヨウ branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression

チュウヨウ about the middle (of an era), middle lobe (right lung), median lobe (prostate)

Kunyomi Examples

leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle

はがき postcard, memo, note, card

しよう branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression

いちよう one leaf, one page, one sheet, one card, one photo, one boat