Mnemonic comic for 叶

Translation

yè = y + e4: leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats / a surname

Mnemonic

Maud Younger (y) practised a trick shot all day in the elevator's bathroom (e4). She's now able to throw a leaf (叶) high in the air, then quickly throw a mandarin (口) and beat the mandarin with a cross (十) like a baseball with a bat so that the mandarin rips a hole right into the leaf.

All translations for 叶

xié = xi + e2

to be in harmony

yè = y + e4

leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats / a surname

叶 = 十 + 口 : Maud Younger (y) practised a trick shot all day in the elevator's bathroom (e4). She's now able to throw a leaf (叶) high in the air, then quickly throw a mandarin (口) and beat the mandarin with a cross (十) like a baseball with a bat so that the mandarin rips a hole right into the leaf.

叶 = 十 + 口 : You could see the cross 十 as the leaves 叶 of the mandarin 口.

Comments

I'm a bit underwhelmed with how this comic turned out but it's just good enough.

Matthias, 22 days ago

叶 character breakdown

叶
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 口

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 叶 as component

叶 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 叶

shutter / blind

green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role

autumn leaf

red autumnal leaves

thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)

,

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

,

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments) / thermometer screen / instrument shelter

curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

omasum / beef tripe

Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores

lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

deck of playing cards

veinlet in a leaf

,

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

,

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

Sentences with 叶

叶 currently does not appear in any sentence.