もみじ
紅葉

noun

  1. maple (tree).

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. red leaves (of autumn), autumn colors, leaves changing color.

noun

  1. layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors.
  2. venison.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
もみじ
紅葉
 紅葉 もみじ ✔
もみじ
黄葉
 黄葉 もみじ
もみじ
椛
 椛 もみじ
　
モ
　
ミ
　
ジ
 モミジ

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)