Radical 页

6 strokes

頁

thumb tack (40a) + sea shell 贝 (477a) = page 页

The small boy tried to use a thumb tack to pin the sea shell to the page. / The dwarf (teacher) said, “I told you yesterday that wouldn’t work!”

貝

outer limits 冂 (160a) + person 人 (12) = sea shell 贝

The top part of this character isn’t really “outer limits” (see Character 214).

This character often has connotations of money (as cowrie sea shells were once used as money).

Harry journeyed to the outer limits of the kingdom carrying the magic sea shell (for protection against the bandits). / [No pronunciation needed]