叶
葉yè
#918 most
frequent character
leaf, page, lobe, (historical) period
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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