Head Radical (页) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
页 is the head radical. It appears in 18 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 页 mean?
Head radical · 页 yè · 6 strokes · head — originally a person's head
As a radical it is called 页字旁 (yè zì páng).
It usually appears on the right of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
页 itself: A person's head
12 common characters with 页
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 题 | tí | title; topic, subject; problem (in exam) | 是 supplies the sound |
| 领 | lǐng | lead | 令 supplies the sound |
| 项 | xiàng | [measure word for items stipulated, planned, enumerated, or for an account of facts or events] | 工 supplies the sound |
| 须 | xū | must, have to | Hair 彡 growing on the face 页 |
| 顺 | shùn | smooth, without a hitch | 川 supplies the sound |
| 顾 | gù | look after, help, attend to; have consideration for | 厄 supplies the sound |
| 预 | yù | to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare | 予 supplies the sound |
| 顶 | dǐng | carry on one’s head; go against; prop up; stand up to; retort | 丁 supplies the sound |
| 额 | é | amount, volume; forehead | 客 supplies the sound |
| 顿 | dùn | [measure word for regular meals]; [measure word for unpleasant events such as criticising, abusing, reprimanding, etc.] | 屯 supplies the sound |
| 烦 | fán | be vexed or irritated; bother, pester; be tired of | 页 supplies the sound |
| 颗 | kē | [measure word for small roundish objects such as grains] | 页 supplies the sound |
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