U+53F6 "叶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

叶

U+53F6 "叶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "leaf" or "page" and is used in both simplified and traditional Chinese writing, though its traditional form is often written as 葉 in contexts like "leaves of a plant" or "foliage." In modern standard Chinese, 叶 appears frequently in compound words such as 树叶 (shù yè, "tree leaf") and 钥匙 (yào shi, "key"), where it also serves as a phonetic component in some characters. Its structure breaks down into the radical 口 (kǒu, "mouth") on the left and the component 十 (shí, "ten") on the right, but its original form in oracle bone script depicted a leaf shape, emphasizing its historical connection to plant life. Over time, the character broadened in meaning to include senses like "a page of a book" or "sector" in abstract contexts, such as 叶落归根 (yè luò guī gēn, "falling leaves return to the roots," meaning one returns to their homeland). Beyond Chinese, it is also used in Japanese kanji (often pronounced "ha" or "yō"

General Properties

Code Point	U+53F6
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	叶
HTML Hex Encoding	叶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8F 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x53F6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000053F6
C/C++/Java Escape	\u53f6

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII	216E55
kCNS1986	E-222D
kCNS1992	3-222D
kCangjie	RJ
kCantonese	jip6
kCihaiT	248.503
kCowles	1084
kDaeJaweon	0385.060
kDefinition	to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf
kEACC	27554F
kFanqie	胡頰
kFenn	13I
kFennIndex	175.01
kFourCornerCode	6400.0
kGB0	5022
kGB1	8888
kGSR	0639c
kHangul	협:1N
kHanYu	10568.020
kHanyuPinlu	yè(301)
kHanyuPinyin	10568.020:xié,yè
kIICore	AGJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	0385.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10568.020
kIRGKangXi	0174.010
kIRG_GSource	G0-5236
kIRG_HSource	H-FAED
kIRG_JSource	J0-3370
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-392B
kIRG_KSource	K1-735A
kIRG_TSource	T3-222D
kJapanese	キョウかないかなう
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:238
kJapaneseKun	KANAU
kJapaneseOn	KYOU
kJis0	1980
kKangXi	0174.010
kKorean	HYEP
kMainlandTelegraph	0673
kMandarin	yè
kMatthews	2633
kMeyerWempe	733a
kMojiJoho	MJ008046
kMorohashi	03255
kNelson	0871
kPhonetic	1132 1590
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1486+24.2.3 C+1486+30.3.2
kRSUnicode	30.2
kSBGY	541.13
kSimplifiedVariant	"叶" U+53F6 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	89.05 74.09
kSMSZD2003Readings	xié粵hip3
kTaiwanTelegraph	0673
kTGHZ2013	404.190:xié 430.010:yè
kTotalStrokes	5
kTraditionalVariant	"叶" U+53F6 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "葉" U+8449 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GHJ
kXerox	272:157
kXHC1983	1275.020:xié 1349.020:yè