书眉

書眉

shūméi

noun

Meanings

1 header (top margin of a printed page)
2 running head

Characters

eyebrow; top edge

Examples

他在书眉上写下了批注。

Tā zài shūméi shàng xiěxià le pīzhù.

He wrote annotations in the top margin.

这本辞典的书眉标着部首。

Zhè běn cídiǎn de shūméi biāo zhe bùshǒu.

This dictionary's running head shows the radical for each page.

Tips

memory

眉 means 'eyebrow' — and just as eyebrows sit at the top of the face, the 书眉 sits at the top of the page. Notes scribbled there are called 眉批 (méipī, 'eyebrow comments').

Stroke Order

书 shū

眉 méi