落葉

See also: 落叶

Chinese

to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind leaf; page
trad. (落葉)
simp. (落叶)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (37) (36)
Final () (103) (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter lak yep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑk̚/ /jiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑk̚/ /jiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑk̚/ /jæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lak̚/ /jiap̚/
Li
Rong
/lɑk̚/ /iɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/lɑk̚/ /jĭɛp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑk̚/ /i̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lok6 jip6

Noun

落葉

  1. fallen leaves

Derived terms

Verb

落葉

  1. to lose leaves

Adjective

落葉

  1. (attributive) deciduous

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (落葉):
  • Japanese: 落葉(らくよう) (rakuyō)
  • Korean: 낙엽(落葉) (nagyeop)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
らく
Grade: 3
よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くよー [ràkúyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟jo̞ː]

Noun

(らく)(よう) • (rakuyōらくえふ (rakuefu)?

  1. defoliation, the shedding of leaves
  2. scattered leaves, leaves that have fallen from a tree

Verb

(らく)(よう)する • (rakuyō surusuru (stem (らく)(よう) (rakuyō shi), past (らく)(よう)した (rakuyō shita))

  1. to shed leaves
    落葉(らくよう)する()rakuyō suru kideciduous tree, a tree that sheds leaves
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
お(ち)
Grade: 3
は > ば
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 落葉 – see the following entry.
おちば
[noun] fallen leaves
[verb] This term needs a translation to English.
Alternative spelling
落ち葉
(This term, 落葉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN