leaf

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting a leaf, with the upper portion representing the leaf blade and the lower part the stem. In modern usage, it also refers to pages or leaves of paper and books.

Mnemonic: The shape resembles a leaf with veins running vertically from top to bottom.

• 页yè🔊

  page

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 顶dǐng🔊

  apex

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 顷qǐng🔊

  unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares

  8 strokes

• 项xiàng🔊

  back of neck

  HSK 4

  9 strokes

• 顺shùn🔊

  to obey

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 顿dùn🔊

  to stop

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 顾gù🔊

  to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 颁bān🔊

  to promulgate

  10 strokes

• 预yù🔊

  to advance

  10 strokes

• 顼xū🔊

  used in 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1]

  10 strokes

• 顽wán🔊

  mischievous

  10 strokes

• 颂sòng🔊

  ode

  10 strokes

• 颃háng🔊

  fly down

  10 strokes

• 𫠆kuǐ🔊

  raise one's head

  10 strokes

• 领lǐng🔊

  neck

  HSK 3

  11 strokes

• 颇pō🔊

  rather

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 颈jǐng🔊

  neck

  11 strokes

• 颅lú🔊

  forehead

  11 strokes

• 𬱖dí🔊

  fine

  11 strokes

• 须xū🔊

  beard

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 顸hān🔊

  dawdling

  12 strokes

• 颉jié🔊

  used in 倉頡|仓颉[Cang1 Jie2]

  12 strokes

• 颊jiá🔊

  cheeks

  12 strokes

• 颋tǐng🔊

  narrow forehead

  12 strokes

• 颌hé🔊

  (bound form) jaw

  12 strokes

• 颎jiǒng🔊

  blaze

  12 strokes

• 颏kē🔊

  chin

  12 strokes

• 𫖮yǐ🔊

  pleasing

  12 strokes

• 𫖯fǔ🔊

  variant of 俯[fu3]

  12 strokes

• 𬱟wěi🔊

  easeful carriage of one's head

  12 strokes

• 颓tuí🔊

  to crumble

  13 strokes

• 颀qí🔊

  tall

  13 strokes

• 颐yí🔊

  (literary) chin; jaw

  13 strokes

• 频pín🔊

  frequency

  13 strokes

• 颔hàn🔊

  chin

  13 strokes

• 颕yǐng🔊

  old variant of 穎|颖[ying3]

  13 strokes

• 颖yǐng🔊

  head of grain

  13 strokes

• 颗kē🔊

  classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

  HSK 5

  14 strokes

• 頚jǐng🔊

  old variant of 頸|颈[jing3]

  14 strokes

• 额é🔊

  forehead

  15 strokes

• 题tí🔊

  topic

  HSK 2

  15 strokes

• 颜yán🔊

  color

  15 strokes

• 頬jiá🔊

  variant of 頰|颊[jia2]

  15 strokes

• 颙yóng🔊

  grand

  15 strokes

• 颚è🔊

  jaw

  15 strokes

• 颛zhuān🔊

  good

  15 strokes

• 头tóu🔊

  head

  HSK 2

  16 strokes

• 颠diān🔊

  top (of the head)

  16 strokes