Chinese Character Wiki
頁

yè, xié

(head), page

Original meaning: 

head

Pictograph of a head (首) on top of a person (卩). Means "head" when pronounced xié. Has unrelated meaning "leaf" when pronounced yè, due to this character being adopted as a variant form of 葉.

Components
首 iconic component

首  Iconic component

shǒu

  

head

卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Evolution

頁 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
頁 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
頁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
頁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
頁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

页 (頁) 

yè

page, sheet, leaf; rad. no. 181; page; leaf

页 (頁) 

xié

head

Most common words with 頁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

页

page

页面

page

首页

title page

网页

web page

主页

home page

Component uses

Meaning component in 37 characters (14 verified)

題 領 顯 項 願 預 頓 顧 額 順 頂 顏 碩 頤 頗 顫 頑 頸 顛 頒 頌 頰 顱 頹 頜 頡 顎 頷 顴 頦 顳 顓 顙 頏 顬 顗 龥

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

顆

Iconic component in 11 characters (11 verified)

头 頭 須 夏 煩 頻 履 寡 頃 瀕 頪

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

头

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

穎

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 13.6793% of movies

1722nd most common character in movies

1128th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

页

Unicode

U+9801

Shuowen

“頁，頭也。从，从儿。古文如此。者首字也。”


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