ページ

• Reading: ページ
• Romaji: peeji
• Kanji breakdown: 頁 (ketsu/peeji) — page, leaf (rarely used in this reading)
• Pronunciation: /peː.d͡ʑi/

Meaning

Page. Used for counting pages in books, notebooks, and documents.

A katakana loanword from English 'page.' It functions as both a noun and a counter for pages. When counting pages, it follows the number directly (e.g., 五ページ). The kanji 頁 exists but ページ in katakana is far more common in everyday use.

Examples

1. 教科書の二十ページを開いてください。 Please open to page twenty in the textbook.
2. この本は三百ページもあります。 This book has as many as three hundred pages.
3. 次のページに答えが書いてあります。 The answer is written on the next page.

Usage Guide

Context: school, reading, books

Tone: neutral

Origin & History

Borrowed from English 'page.' The kanji 頁 originally means 'head' in Chinese and was repurposed as a counter for pages, but the katakana form ページ is standard in modern Japanese.

Cultural Context

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal