葉
yèYè

leaf

叶 (葉) yè frequency
leaf noun
leaf of a plant, lobe of an organ, or a page of a book

秋风吹落了树上最后一片叶。

qiū​fēng chuī luò le shù shàng zuì​hòu yī piàn yè.

The autumn wind blew down the last leaf from the tree.

classifier measure word
classifier for small boats or things resembling a leaf

湖面上漂浮着一叶扁舟。

hú​miàn shàng piāo​fú zhe yī yè piān​zhōu.

A small boat floats on the lake.

period time word
a historical period, era, or stage of a century

那个家族在十九世纪中叶非常显赫。

nà gè jiā​zú zài shí​jiǔ shì​jì zhōng​yè fēi​cháng xiǎn​hè.

That family was very prominent in the mid-19th century.

叶 (葉) Yè
Ye proper name
surname Ye

叶先生是这家公司的经理。

Yè xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Ye is the manager of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
920th most common 186.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,685th most common 32.6 per million appears in 12% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
13.9 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
56.9 per million

Details
Simplified
叶
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+8449

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)