Word details

銀葉

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 銀葉.

Dictionary

Entry

銀葉んようNounFreq #199224
1

thin sheet of silver; silver foil; silverleaf

2

censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony

3

Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

silver

14 strokesFrequency 395JLPT N3Grade 3

On

ギン

Kun

しろがね

Nanori

うんかなかね

leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

12 strokesFrequency 414JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ヨウ

Kun

Nanori

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