枽 (yè) - Leaf, foliage & lush vegetation

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yè ｜ 10 strokes ｜ radical:

嬿一

枽 · yè

Leaf, foliage;

lush vegetation;

flourishing growth (archaic variant of 枼, which is itself an ancient form of 葉 meaning leaf).

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Usage highlights

Ancient leaf characterPlant foliageLush vegetationBronze inscription formLeaf variantVegetation growth

Synonyms

  • 葉— leaf (modern standard form)
  • 枼— leaf (archaic form)
  • 叶— leaf (simplified form)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The ancient character for leaf (枽) appears in bronze inscriptions.
  • Botanists study plant foliage (植物枽).
  • The forest displayed lush vegetation (茂盛的枽).

Collocations

  • Ancient leaf character(古枽字)
  • Plant foliage(植物枽)
  • Lush vegetation(茂盛枽)
  • Bronze inscription form(金文枽)
  • Leaf variant(枽的变体)
  • Vegetation growth(枽生长)

Idioms

  • None commonly used in modern language

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 枽 is an archaic Chinese character that served as an ancient variant form of 枼, which itself was an early form of the modern character 葉 (leaf).
  • This character appears primarily in historical texts and bronze inscriptions from ancient China.
  • As a variant character, 枽 demonstrates the evolutionary process of Chinese script development.

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