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頁: page; leaf

By September 26, 2013January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

頁 [页] yè

noun | radical 181
: page; leaf (head: original meaning)

Kun Reading

ページ peeji

noun
: page

おおがい oogai

noun
: kanji “big shell” radical

On Reading

けつ ketsu
よう you

 Usage:
 

頁岩 ye4yan2: shale (fine grain sedimentary rock) [けつがん ketsugan]
頁底 ye4di3: bottom of the pg
頁蒿 ye4hao1: caraway (fennel)
網頁 [网页] wang3ye4: web page [もうけつ mouketsu OR もうよう mouyou]
主頁 zhu3ye4: home page [しゅけつ shuketsu OR しゅよう shuyou]
分頁 fen1ye4: tab window (web); pagination 
網頁地址 wang3 ye4 di4 zhi3: url
 Etymology:
 
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a head, the character’s original meaning.



“Head” radical #181
 



簡體 Simplified.
页. Created as generic character simplification #120 (頁 » 页).



 Examples:
 
點擊圖片進入一頁。
dian3ji1 tu2pian4 jin4ru4 yi1ye4
Click on the image to get to the next page.

 

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary

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