The Chinese Radical: 頁


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Meaning
head, leader    頁

Explanation Picture of an eye with emphasized eye-brows to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
topic, problem for discussion, subject, to inscribe

Left: correct, indeed (sun , correct ), right: page, leaf 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The correct head is the topic of the discussion.
JLPT HSK 2
color, face, countenance
yán
Left: elegant (He stands on the cliff and his hair look elegant.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
He has an elegant head with color in the face.
JLPT HSK 3
to take into consideration, to look after

Left: distress (Below the cliff a crouching person is in distress.), right: page, leaf 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
(You should plan ahead:) A (potential) distress should (in your head) been taken into consideration.
JLPT HSK 3
beard, mustache, feeler (of insect), to have to

Left: hair , right: page, leaf (页/= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The hair of the head can be a beard.
JLPT HSK 3
summer
xià
From top: cover (against the sun), I, myself (The emphasized eye is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged)
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer.
JLPT HSK 4
head, leader, chief
shǒu
Image of an eye with emphasized eye-brows to express the special: the head or the chief.
Thick eyebrows at the head of the leader
JLPT HSK 4
sequence, order, to obey, to follow, favorable
shùn
Left: river , right: page, leaf 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
Just as the river directs the water, the head gives things the order / sequence.
JLPT HSK 4
page, sheet, leaf


Simplified image of a head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows ), now generalized to: page, sheet
JLPT HSK 4
to bother, to trouble, to feel vexed
fán
Left: fire , right: page, leaf, head 页/ (=head with shoulders and eyebrows )
Like a fire in my head, that's how you bother me.
JLPT HSK 4
beforehand, in advance, predict, forecast

Left: to give (The bent person has a nail to give.), right: page, leaf (页/= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
"To give your head" to a subject means planning like 'in advance' or 'beforehand'.
JLPT HSK 4
huge, massive, large, big
shuò
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: page, leaf, head 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
A stone like a head such huge.
JLPT HSK 5
small spheres: pearls, grains, satellites, planets

Left: fruit, result (= The "rice field" at the tree ), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
From fruits to heads: Counter for small round things.
JLPT HSK 5
frequently, often, repetitious
pín
Left: pace, step (Stop a little when: walking.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
(Better results in learning:) For the steps use your head to repeat them frequently.
JLPT HSK 5
neck, collar, to lead, to receive
lǐng
Left: order, command (A lid on the bent person, was ordered), right: page,sheet developed of a head (页/ = head with shoulders and eyebrows )
It follows the orders of the head: The neck.
JLPT HSK 5
apex, to carry on the head, summit
dǐng
Left: nail , right: page, leaf 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The nail has a head and that's its apex.
JLPT HSK 5
to pause, meal, bout, to stop
dùn
Left: barracks , (Where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.), right: page, leaf 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
(Soldiers on march need regular breaks) At the barracks the heads join to pause and for meals.
JLPT HSK 5
back of neck, item, thing, term sum (of money), projects
xiàng
Left: construct (here: image of a neck with: head , neck | and shoulders ), right: page, leaf (页/= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The neck with the head stands for neck or projects.
JLPT HSK 5
mansion, tall building, rear annex, lean-to
shà, xià
Left: cliff , right: summer 夏 (Covered [= in the shade] I myself sit cross-legged , because it is summer.)
Directly at the cliff and (nice like) the summer: our mansion.
JLPT HSK 6
forehead, share, portion, amount
é
Left: guest (Under the roof is everybody our guest.) [everybody = is sitting cross-legged on a cushion ], right: page, leaf 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The guests get by head (or forehead) each their share.
JLPT HSK 6
incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
qīng
Left: person , right: short while ago, area size qǐng 顷 (sitting person , page, (fore)head 页/ (=head with shoulders and eyebrows ) Better left: change
If a person turns to a sitting person, it's in the head, that is inclining.
JLPT HSK 6
to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate
zhàn, chàn
Left: 亶 (cover , rotate , sun rise ), right: page, (fore)head 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver.
JLPT HSK 6
stupid, obstinate, stubborn, mischievous, naughty
wán
Left: Yuan/money , right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
Who shows his Yuan (open) at the forehead, is stupid.
JLPT HSK 6
rather, considerably, inclined, slanting

Left: skin (A hand with a knife peels off the skin ), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The skin at the forehead is rather inclined.
JLPT HSK 6
neck, nape, throat
jǐng
Left: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground .), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The part with the 'vertical orientation' at the head is: the neck.
JLPT HSK 6
apex, top (of the head), to fall forwards, inverted
diān
Left: really, truly (The ten eyes see that the table is truely real.), right: page, leaf, head 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
It is truely the forehead the apex.
JLPT HSK 6
promulgate, publish, issue, to confer
bān
Left: to divide (... with the sword in 8 pieces), right: page, leaf, head 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
Divide (or let others participate) with the pages when: promulgating.
JLPT HSK 6
to praise, ode, bless, eulogy
sòng
Left: public (Eight noses form the public.), right: page, leaf, head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
Publically his (fore-)head shall be praised.
JLPT HSK 6
clever, gifted, new and original, head of grain
yǐng
Top: a short while ago 顷 (sitting person , head 页/), below left: rice plant
It sits on the rice plant the spike (="the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".
JLPT HSK 6
to be close to, near, to approach
bīn
Left: water , right: frequently, often 频 (to go , side, head 页/ [head with shoulders and eyebrow ])
The water goes (up to) your head and is thus (really) close to you.
JLPT no HSK
a little while ago, unit of area equal to 100 亩 or 6.67 hectares
qǐng
Left: sitting person , right: page,leaf, head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The sitting person has in his head the area of 6.7 hectares
JLPT no HSK
cackling sound, creak, crunch
gā, gǎ
Left: Mouth , right: 戛 (Vari. of: head, shoulder [= head with shoulders and eyebrows ], halbard )
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when cutting off a head with a halberd is a: cackling.
JLPT no HSK
convulsions, crazy, mentally deranged
diān
Outside: disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick), inside: apex, inverted 颠 (It is truely that the forehead 页 is the apex, where you return/inverte)
The disease, where you "inverte" are the convulsions of a crazy person.
JLPT no HSK
skull

Left: Luxembourg 卢 (forking of the way, buttocks ), right: page, leaf, forehead 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
If there is only one hair on the head , this head is a skull.
JLPT no HSK
clamor, screaming, noise, rampant
xiāo
Four mouths , a head 页/ (with shoulders and eyebrows )
Mouths screaming on all sides of your head, is a: clamor.
JLPT no HSK
to crumble, to collapse, to decline, decadent, dejected
tuí
Left: bald, blunt 秃 (The rice plants are placed on the table (for peeling / cleaning) until they are bald.), right: page, leaf, head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The bald head has crumbled.
JLPT no HSK
cheek, lower cheek, chin, jaw, to nourish

Left: minister, offical (here: image of left cheek with mouth ロ), right: page, head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The cheek at the head stands for: cheek or to nourish.
JLPT no HSK
few, widowed
guǎ
From top: roof , head/forehead (for person) , divide (with a sword in 8 pieces)
If under the roof there are (further) heads, the part/division for the widow becomes too little.
JLPT no HSK
jaw (= maxilla and mandible)

Left: to fit (The lid on the pot ), right: page, head 页 (=; head with shoulders and eyebrows )
What is fitting at the head is the jaw (with its upper and lower jaw)
JLPT no HSK
fly upward (bird), soar, contest
xié
Left: happy (simplification of , where the scholar has beans in the mouth and is happy.), right: page, head 页 (=; head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The happyiness (above) the heads is: to fly upwards.
JLPT no HSK
anxious, grieved

Left: king , right: page, head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The king is in his head: anxious.
JLPT no HSK
summit
diān
Top: mountain , bottom: apex, inverted 颠 (It is truely that the forehead 页 is the apex, where you return/inverte)
The mountain with an apex is: the summit.
JLPT no HSK
river in Anhui, grain husk, tip of sth short and slender
yǐng
Left: spoon (or sitting person), water , right: page, head 页 (= = head with shoulders and eyebrows )
You sit ath the water with your head at this river.
JLPT no HSK
cheeks
jiá
Left: to squeeze (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed.), right: page, head 页/ (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
They are squeezing the head: the cheeks.
JLPT no HSK
jaw, palate
è
Left: jaw (two teeth , tongue , lower jaw ), right: page, head 页/ (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The jaw at the head is: the jaw

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