leaf

leaf, needle, blade (of a plant) / a season, an age: a shorter period of time within a longer one / an administration: the period of time during which a certain person holds a certain office

(rare) counter for flat, thin things such as leaves or paper / (by extension) counter for small boats

Alternative spelling of 子等 (“children”)

a surname

a child / Short for 子爵 (shishaku): the fourth rank of nobility in Meiji-postwar Japan, equivalent to a viscount / an honorific for a learned man, such as teacher or master

(archaic) second-person pronoun: you (of one's equals)

child

an object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object

suffix used in female given names, such as 智子 (Tomoko), 英子 (Eiko), 秀子 (Hideko), 美奈子 (Minako) / (rare) suffix used in male given names