叶

xié
#918 most
frequent character
to be in harmony

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

叶 yè joins 十 ten, standing for a group, with 口 mouth. The old picture was people working together in the fields. That grew to harmony. Read yè, the sound was borrowed for leaves, which then grew to page.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

叶Ye4
surname Ye
叶yè
leaf, page, lobe, (historical) period

Homophones

HSK 5
斜xié
inclined, slanting, oblique
邪xié
demonic, iniquitous, nefarious
协xié
to cooperate, to harmonize, to help

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