こう
紅
よう
葉

noun, takes する

  1. autumn colors, fall colors, leaves changing color.
  2. leaves turning red, red leaves.
  3. leaves turning yellow, yellow leaves.

noun

  1. (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum).
  2. venison. Colloquialism.
  3. layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こう
紅
よう
葉
 紅葉 こうよう ✔
もみじ
紅葉
 紅葉 もみじ ✔
こう
黄
よう
葉
 黄葉 こうよう
もみじ
黄葉
 黄葉 もみじ
もみじ
椛
 椛 もみじ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

crimson, deep red
べに　コウ　ク (6th, N2)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ　ク　もく (2nd, N4)
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)