measure word HSK 1 #2,217

Meanings

  1. 1 page
  2. 2 leaf

Examples

Qǐng fān dào dì sān yè.
Please turn to page three.
Zhè běn shū yǒu liǎng bǎi yè.
This book has two hundred pages.

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history
The traditional character originally depicted a human head, and was later borrowed to mean 'page.' It's a common radical in characters related to the head: (forehead), (face), (neck/collar).

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