I’m sure this is not the first post on this topic. On wanikani 頁 radical means geoduck. When seen in the wild, the 頁 kanji seems to mean “page”, ページ. Does anybody know if 頁 is commonly used outside of wanikani to represent a large shellfish or is this mostly an internal wanikani mnemonic for the rad…

Looking up the history, the original character was a drawing of a kneeling person, with their head emphasized, which is why かしら is one of the readings. The kanji data should probably include “head” as a meaning. This is why it shows up in so many body part kanji related to the head. The fact that i…

頁 geoduck or page? Or both?

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WeebPotato September 15, 2021, 11:09pm 3

Dem old thread: Geoduck? Wtf? Confusion

I leebod Leebo. Need to record this moment

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頁 geoduck or page? Or both?

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