The Chinese Radical: 頁




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Meaning
head, leader    頁

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

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

Left: correct, indeed 是 (sun 日, correct 正), right: page, leaf 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The correct head is the topic of the discussion.  
HSK 2
color, face, countenance
yán
Left: elegant 彦 (He stands 立 on the cliff 厂 and his hair 彡 look elegant.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
He has an elegant head with color in the face.  
HSK 3
to take into consideration, to look after

Left: distress 厄 (Below the cliff 厂 a crouching person 㔾 is in distress.), right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
(You should plan ahead:) A (potential) distress should (in your head) been taken into consideration.  
HSK 3
beard, mustache, feeler (of insect), to have to

Left: hair 彡, right: page, leaf (页/頁= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The hair of the head can be a beard.  
HSK 3
summer
xià
From top: cover 一 (against the sun), I, myself 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged) 夂
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer.  
HSK 4
head, leader, chief
shǒu
Image of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief.
Thick eyebrows at the head of the leader  
HSK 4
sequence, order, to obey, to follow, favorable
shùn
Left: river 川, right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Just as the river directs the water, the head gives things the order / sequence.  
HSK 4
page, sheet, leaf


Simplified image of a head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一), now generalized to: page, sheet  
HSK 4
to bother, to trouble, to feel vexed
fán
Left: fire 火, right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Like a fire in my head, that's how you bother me.  
HSK 4
beforehand, in advance, predict, forecast

Left: to give 予 (The bent person マ has a nail 丁 to give.), right: page, leaf (页/頁= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
"To give your head" to a subject means planning like 'in advance' or 'beforehand'.  
HSK 4
huge, massive, large, big
shuò
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: page, leaf, head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
A stone like a head such huge.  
HSK 5
small spheres: pearls, grains, satellites, planets

Left: fruit, result 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
From fruits to heads: Counter for small round things.  
HSK 5
frequently, often, repetitious
pín
Left: pace, step 步 (Stop 止 a little 少 when: walking.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
(Better results in learning:) For the steps use your head to repeat them frequently.  
HSK 5
neck, collar, to lead, to receive
lǐng
Left: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered), right: page,sheet developed of a head (页/頁 = head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
It follows the orders of the head: The neck.  
HSK 5
apex, to carry on the head, summit
dǐng
Left: nail 丁, right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The nail has a head and that's its apex.  
HSK 5
to pause, meal, bout, to stop
dùn
Left: barracks 屯, (Where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.), right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
(Soldiers on march need regular breaks) At the barracks the heads join to pause and for meals.  
HSK 5
back of neck, item, thing, term sum (of money), projects
xiàng
Left: construct 工 (here: image of a neck with: head 一, neck | and shoulders 一), right: page, leaf (页/頁= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The neck with the head stands for neck or projects.  
HSK 5
mansion, tall building, rear annex, lean-to
shà, xià
Left: cliff 厂, right: summer 夏 (Covered 一 [= in the shade] I myself 自 sit cross-legged 夂, because it is summer.)
Directly at the cliff and (nice like) the summer: our mansion.  
HSK 6
forehead, share, portion, amount
é
Left: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 our guest.) [everybody 各 = is sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口], right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The guests get by head (or forehead) each their share.  
HSK 6
incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
qīng
Left: person 亻, right: short while ago, area size qǐng 顷 (sitting person 匕, page, (fore)head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) Better left: change 化
If a person 亻turns to a sitting 匕 person, it's in the head, that is inclining.  
HSK 6
to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate
zhàn, chàn
Left: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦), right: page, (fore)head 页 (= 頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver.  
HSK 6
stupid, obstinate, stubborn, mischievous, naughty
wán
Left: Yuan/money 元, right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Who shows his Yuan (open) at the forehead, is stupid.  
HSK 6
rather, considerably, inclined, slanting

Left: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The skin at the forehead is rather inclined.  
HSK 6
neck, nape, throat
jǐng
Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The part with the 'vertical orientation' at the head is: the neck.  
HSK 6
apex, top (of the head), to fall forwards, inverted
diān
Left: really, truly 真 (What is seen by ten 十 eyes 目 on the table is truely real.), right: page, leaf, head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
It is truely the forehead the apex.  
HSK 6
promulgate, publish, issue, to confer
bān
Left: to divide 分 (... with the sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces), right: page, leaf, head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Divide (or let others participate) with the pages when: promulgating.  
HSK 6
to praise, ode, bless, eulogy
sòng
Left: public 公 (Eight 八 noses 厶 form the public.), right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
In public his (fore-)head shall be praised.  
HSK 6
clever, gifted, new and original, head of grain
yǐng
Top: a short while ago 顷 (sitting person 匕, head 页/頁), below left: rice plant 禾
It sits on the rice plant the spike (="the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".  
HSK 6
to be close to, near, to approach
bīn
Left: water 氵, right: frequently, often 频 (to go 步, side, head 页/頁 [head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrow 一])
The water goes (up to) your head and is thus (really) close to you.  
no HSK
a little while ago, unit of area equal to 100 亩 or 6.67 hectares
qǐng
Left: sitting person 匕, right: page,leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The sitting person has in his head the area of 6.7 hectares  
no HSK
cackling sound, creak, crunch
gā, gǎ
Left: Mouth 口, right: 戛 (variation of: head, shoulder 頁 [= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一], halberd 戈)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when cutting off a head with a halberd is a: cackling.  
no HSK
convulsions, crazy, mentally deranged
diān
Outside: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), inside: apex, inverted 颠 (It is truely 真 that the forehead 页 is the apex, where you return/inverte)
The disease, where you "inverte" are the convulsions of a crazy person.  
no HSK
skull

Left: Luxembourg 卢 (forking of the way卜, buttocks 尸), right: page, leaf, forehead 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
If there is only one hair 卜 on the head 尸, this head 頁 is a skull.  
no HSK
clamor, screaming, noise, rampant
xiāo
Four mouths 口, a head 页/頁 (with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Mouths screaming on all sides of your head, is a: clamor.  
no HSK
to crumble, to collapse, to decline, decadent, dejected
tuí
Left: bald, blunt 秃 (The rice plants 禾 are placed on the table 几 (for peeling / cleaning) until they are bald.), right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The bald head has crumbled.  
no HSK
cheek, lower cheek, chin, jaw, to nourish

Left: minister, official 臣 (here: image of left cheek 匚 with mouth ロ), right: page, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The cheek at the head stands for: cheek or to nourish.  
no HSK
few, widowed
guǎ
From top: roof 宀, head/forehead (for person) 頁, divide 分 (with a sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces)
If under the roof there are (further) heads, the part/division for the widow becomes too little.  
no HSK
jaw (= maxilla and mandible)

Left: to fit 合 (The lid on the pot 口), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
What is fitting at the head is the jaw (with its upper and lower jaw)  
no HSK
fly upward (bird), soar, contest
xié
Left: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The happiness (above) the heads is: to fly upwards.  
no HSK
anxious, grieved

Left: king 王, right: page, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The king is in his head: anxious.  
no HSK
summit
diān
Top: mountain 山, bottom: apex, inverted 颠 (It is truely 真 that the forehead 页 is the apex, where you return/inverte)
The mountain with an apex is: the summit.  
no HSK
river in Anhui, grain husk, tip of sth short and slender
yǐng
Left: spoon 匕 (or sitting person), water 水, right: page, head 页 (=頁 = head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
You sit at the water with your head at this river.  
no HSK
cheeks
jiá
Left: to squeeze 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.), right: page, head 页/頁 (= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
They are squeezing the head: the cheeks.  
no HSK
jaw, palate
è
Left: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂), right: page, head 页/頁 (= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The jaw at the head is: the jaw  

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