EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure

    5月になると木々は緑の若葉で覆われる。
    In May the trees have fresh leaves.

Also written 嫩葉【わかば】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

Kun
わか.いわか-も.しくわも.しも.しくはごと.し
On
ジャクニャクニャ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
458 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

わくわこ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-5SKIP code
3k5.12The Kanji Dictionary
4460.4Four corner code
1977deroo
82e5Unicode hex code
1-28-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3926Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5007New Nelson (John Haig)
2241New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2785Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
223Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
237Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
372A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
692Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
982Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30796PMorohashi
886A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
544Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
863Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
896henshall3
864Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
391crowley
125Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
648Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
228Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ruo4, re3Pinyin reading
yag, yaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

Kun
On
ヨウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
414 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-9, 2-3-8SKIP code
3k9.21The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
8449Unicode hex code
1-45-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4001Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5129New Nelson (John Haig)
2321New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2912Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1497Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2024Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
228Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
243Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
405A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1991Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
179Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31387PMorohashi
405A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
253Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
327sakade
870Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
428henshall3
412Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
275crowley
569Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
663Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
233Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie2, ye4, she4Pinyin reading
yeob, seobKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level