页

頁
xié
#1,126 most
frequent character
head

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

页 is a picture of a person with an oversized head, so its first meaning was 'head' (xié). The 'page' meaning was borrowed for its sound, and 'leaf' later grew from that.

Drawn as: person with big head

页 as a component in other characters

meaning29 characters
题领项预额顶颗颇颤顽颈颠颁颊顷颅
sound1 character
顾
picture11 characters
须顿顺烦频颜硕颂颓濒顸

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Same Characters, Different Readings

HSK 4
页yè
page, leaf

Homophones

HSK 5
斜xié
inclined, slanting, oblique
邪xié
demonic, iniquitous, nefarious
协xié
to cooperate, to harmonize, to help
叶xié
to be in harmony

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