Character: 葉
Modern (Beijing) reading: yè
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhap
Classic Old Chinese: lhap
Western Han Chinese: lhap
Eastern Han Chinese: zhap
Early Postclassic Chinese: zhap
Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhap
Late Postclassic Chinese: zhap
Middle Chinese: jep
English meaning : leaves, foliage, generation
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лист, листва; тонкая пластинка; лепесток; страница; листовой; слоистый; 2) период, эпоха; 3) 16-е число (в телеграммах); 4) Е (фамилия); [shē] 1) Шэсянь (уезд в провинции Хэнань); 2) Шэ (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 草木之葉也從草**聲.
Comments: Initial *lh- is suggested by Proto-Min *ńhiap / *z(h)iap (with secondary nasalisation) > Xiamen hioʔ8, Chaozhou hieʔ8, Fuzhou nuok8, Jianou cia8. The variant with *z(h)-, besides Jianou, is reflected in the Bai forms.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 5173
Karlgren code: 0633 d
Vietnamese reading: diệp
Jianchuan Bai: se6
Dali Bai: se6
Bijiang Bai: šer6
Shijing occurrences: 2.1, 6.3, 34.1_, 58.3
