页 (yè): page, leaf, head

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

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

Spoken pronunciation
HSK 3Radical: 页 page6 strokesFrequency #1126贝 structural

Definitions

  1. page
  2. leaf
  3. head

Etymology & Origin

页

pictographicA person's head

Components:贝structural

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 页

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
网页nounwǎng yèweb page4

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
主页nounzhǔ yèhome page
页面nounyè miànpage
书页nounshū yèpage of a book
页码nounyè mǎpage number
扉页nounfēi yètitle page
页岩nounyè yánshale
上一页shàng yī yèpreceding page
下一页xià yī yènext page
入口页rù kǒu yèweb portal
上页shàng yèprevious page
网页设计wǎng yè shè jìweb design
下页xià yènext page
动态网页dòng tài wǎng yèdynamic webpage
页心nounyè xīntype page
分页verbfēn yè(computing) to insert a page break
39
Total compounds
31
As first character
49
As last character
21
As middle character

页 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 页 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

浏liú
0.509818 co-occurrences
网wǎng
0.4368,566 co-occurrences
面miàn
0.3908,792 co-occurrences
岩yán
0.3821,326 co-occurrences
览lǎn
0.380870 co-occurrences
第dì
0.35411,448 co-occurrences
册cè
0.340440 co-occurrences
绍shào
0.337428 co-occurrences
库kù
0.320632 co-occurrences
码mǎ
0.315654 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

页字虽然难写,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 协寻进度网页就能查

. . . 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”网页搜寻更方便

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页

. . . 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多页淫魔文件“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页” 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页。

Bǎ nǐ de kèběn fān dào dì shí yè.

And open your textbook at page ten.

Tatoeba

翻译几页英文花了我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

请看看页顶的图片。

Qǐng kànkan yè dǐng de túpiàn.

Look at the picture at the top of the page.

Tatoeba

她兴奋地翻了翻书页。

Tā xīngfèn de fān le fān shūyè.

She turned over the page with excitement.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced yè

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 页 (yè) mean in Chinese?
页 (yè) primarily means "page." 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 (yè)?
Several characters share the pronunciation yè: 也 (also), 业 (line of business), 夜 (night), 耶 ((phonetic ye)), and 6 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.