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
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