双葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
双 葉
ふた
Grade: S		 は > ば
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 二葉

Etymology

双 (futa, “set of two”) + 葉 (ha, “leaf”)

Noun

双葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 雙葉, hiragana ふたば, rōmaji futaba)

  1. bud, cotyledon

Idioms

  • 栴檀は双葉より芳しい
    せんだんはふたばよりかんばしい
    Sendan wa futaba yori kanbashii
    Genius shows from childhood
    Literally “the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout”
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