noun

  1. seed leaves (of a dicot), cotyledons, bud, sprout.
  2. early stages, very beginning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
双葉 ふたば
二葉 ふたば
ふたば

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pair, set, comparison
ソウ ふた たぐい (Late Jr. High, N2)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
leaf, plane, lobe
は ヨウ よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ うすいきふだ まど
generation, world, society
セ よ セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)