(xié): head, page, leaf

(xié) is a Chinese character meaning “head.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural). It ranks #1126 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically pictographic, a person's head. Its radical form (page) appears in many related characters such as (shùn, to obey), (, must), (, to look after).

Native pronunciation
HSK 3Radical: page6 strokesFrequency #1126 structural

Definitions

  1. head
  2. page
  3. leaf

Etymology & Origin

pictographicA person's head

Components:structural

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounwǎng yèweb page4

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
zhǔ yèhome page
yè miànpage
shū yèpage of a book
yè mǎpage number
fēi yètitle page
yè yánshale
shàng yī yèpreceding page
xià yī yènext page
rù kǒu yèweb portal
shàng yèprevious page
wǎng yè shè jìweb design
xià yènext page
dòng tài wǎng yèdynamic webpage
yè xīntype page
fēn yè(computing) to insert a page break
39
Total compounds
31
As first character
49
As last character
21
As middle character

appears in 39 compound words: 31 as the first character, 49 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

wǎng
0.52425,650 co-occurrences
liú
0.5112,442 co-occurrences
lǎn
0.4152,598 co-occurrences
miàn
0.39626,376 co-occurrences
yán
0.3873,978 co-occurrences
0.35734,352 co-occurrences
0.3451,320 co-occurrences
shào
0.3421,284 co-occurrences
0.3251,896 co-occurrences
0.3201,962 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。

xié zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .

The character "页" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.

Cool3cMar 2026

...这样处理 手机App线上通报 协寻进度网就能查

. . . zhè yàng chǔ lǐ shǒu jī A p p xiàn shàng tōng bào xié xún jìn dù wǎng xié jiù néng chá

...By doing this, you can check the progress of the search via the mobile app's online notification system or the dedicated webpage.

UdnnewsindexMar 2026

屏东进入超高龄社会 县府打造“一站式”网搜寻更方便

bǐng dōng jìn rù chāo gāo líng shè huì xiàn fǔ dǎ zào yī zhàn shì wǎng xié sōu xún gēng fāng biàn

Pingtung Enters a Super-Aged Society; County Government Launches "One-Stop" Website for Easier Searches

EttodayFeb 2026

...学重镇签署合作备忘录 台泰农业交流再添新

. . . xué chóng zhèn qiān shǔ gě zuò bèi wàng lù tái tài nóng yè jiāo liú zài tiān xīn xié

... The town of Xuezhun signed a memorandum of cooperation to add a new page to Taiwan-Thailand agricultural exchanges

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

猥亵殴打未成年少女?川普黑料 50多淫魔文件“被消失”

猥 亵 ōu dǎ wèi chéng nián shǎo nǚ ? chuān pǔ hēi liào 5 0 duō xié 淫 mó wén jiàn bèi xiāo shī

Molestation and beating of underage girls? Trump's black material more than 50 pages of obscene documents were "disappeared"

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

英智库IISS年度军力报告“厚近550” 称打贪对共军能力冲击有限

yīng zhì kù I I S S nián dù jūn lì bào gào hòu jìn 5 5 0 xié chèn dǎ tān duì gòng jūn néng lì chōng jī yǒu xiàn

The British think tank IISS annual military strength report is "nearly 550 pages thick" and said that the impact of corruption on the communist army's capabilities is limited

Tatoeba

把你的课本翻到第十

Bǎ nǐ de kèběn fān dào dì shí yè.

And open your textbook at page ten.

Tatoeba

翻译几英文花了我2个多小时。

Fānyì jǐ yè Yīngwén huā le wǒ liǎng gè duō xiǎoshí.

It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

Tatoeba

请看看顶的图片。

Qǐng kànkan yè dǐng de túpiàn.

Look at the picture at the top of the page.

Tatoeba

她兴奋地翻了翻书

Tā xīngfèn de fān le fān shūyè.

She turned over the page with excitement.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced xié

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 页 (xié) mean in Chinese?
页 (xié) primarily means "head." It is classified as HSK Level 3, making it a beginner-level character. It ranks #1126 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 页 have?
页 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 页?
The radical associated with 页 is 页 (page). This radical appears in many characters related to page.
What are the components of 页?
页 is composed of: 贝 (structural). Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 页?
Common words with 页 include: 网页 (wǎng yè, "web page"); 主页 (zhǔ yè, "home page"); 页面 (yè miàn, "page"); 书页 (shū yè, "page of a book"); 页码 (yè mǎ, "page number"). There are over 39 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 页 (xié)?
Several characters share the pronunciation xié: 些 (classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several), 歇 (to rest), 协 (to cooperate), 斜 (inclined), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 页 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 页 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.