xié

page

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

Components
首 iconic component

  Iconic component

shǒu

  

head

卩 iconic component

  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Evolution

页 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
页 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
页 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

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

() 

xié

head

Most common words with 页
Freq.
Word
Meaning

page

页面

page

首页

title page

网页

web page

主页

home page

Component uses

Meaning component in 35 characters (12 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 13.6793% of movies

1722nd most common character in movies

1128th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

Unicode

U+9875


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