Read Edit View history Discussion 叶 yèshèxié HSK4 be in harmony, leaf Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Dec 22, 2021, 05:30 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 22, 2021, 05:30 PM verify Changed fields: gloss, hint, isVerified, components, customSources Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound. Originally a variant of 協 (cooperate). Later used as the simplified form of the phonetically similar character 葉 (leaf). Components 口 口 Meaning component Based on the meaning "cooperate", "be in harmony". Unrelated to "leaf". 十 十 Sound component Change in sound 叶 and 十 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations Sources Character origin WiktionaryReadings & variants Unicode