Definitions

(noun) page; leaf

Etymology

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 .

About

Originating as a pictograph for a human head, the traditional form "頁" structurally combined elements representing the head and a schematic body, holding the core meaning of "head". This semantic focus shifted through metonymy, as the term was applied to the top or beginning of bamboo scrolls, eventually coming to denote a leaf or sheet of a book. The simplified form "页" preserves the essential silhouette of the original while reducing graphical detail. In contemporary language, it is used primarily for "page", with its ancestral meaning retained only in a few lexical compounds.

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Example Sentences Hide

请看这一

Qǐng kàn zhè yī yè.

Please look at this page.

这一有图片。

Zhè yī yè yǒu tú piàn.

This page has pictures.

加载很快。

Wǎng yè jiā zài hěn kuài.

The webpage loads quickly.

请检查码。

Qǐng jiǎn chá yè mǎ.

Please check the page numbers.

上写满了字。

Shū yè shàng xiě mǎn le zì.

The book page is filled with writing.

打开网后,请阅读内容。

Dǎ kāi wǎng yè hòu, qǐng yuè dú nèi róng.

After opening the webpage, please read the content.

这一眉有标题。

Zhè yī yè de yè méi yǒu biāo tí.

The page header of this page has a title.

在打印之前,确保脚信息正确。

Zài dǎ yìn zhī qián, què bǎo yè jiǎo xìn xī zhèng què.

Before printing, ensure that the footer information is correct.