页 (yè) — (classifier) for pages (of a book, document, paper)
Definition
Classifier for pages of a book, document, or paper. Unlike 版 (used for newspaper/magazine sections or a book's edition), 页 is the everyday word for counting written pages.
classifier
for pages (of a book, document, paper)
Examples
- 页。Wǒ xiě le sān yè zì.I wrote three pages of characters.
- 页。Zhè běn shū de qián liǎng yè hěn zhòng yào.The first two pages of this book are important.
- 页。Qǐng kàn shū de dì yī yè.Please look at the first page of the book.
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 頁; 页 is its simplified writing.
- 首首shǒu
- 卩卩jié
The traditional form 頁 drew a head and body of a kneeling person; later 頁 was used to write page. This explanation is about 頁, not the simplified 页.
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