TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
葉
葉 ＝ 艸 ＋ 枼
ㄧㄝˋ · yè
noun — a leaf; a thin flat sheet; a period (of time)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艸義grass (艸) — the plant radical, written 艹
枼聲yè — gives the sound
Grass (艸, written 艹) marks the plant; 枼 yè — a thin flat slip, itself a tree (木) under a flat top — carries the sound and its flatness both. Together they write the leaf: 葉子, 茶葉. From a flat slip comes a span of time, 中葉, the middle leaf of an era.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
枝上一片薄薄的葉（艹），平平地攤開。
On the branch, a thin leaf (艸) spread out flat.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)葉子— a leaf常用
→茶葉、樹葉— tea leaves; foliage
⇒中葉、末葉— a period — the middle, the close of an age
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
枼yèthe sound side — the bare flat slip, no grass on top碟diéshares — 碟 takes stone 石 (a small dish), 葉 takes grass 艹