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 <WL>颇(F頗) [pō] quite, rather@@  [pò] [pí] [pǒ] cf. 頗
-From 皮 pí phonetic and 页(頁 yè) ‘head’.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 颇/頗(􁡆) pō ‘tilt the head’ combines 页(頁 yè) ‘head’, and 皮(􀢂𡰻) pí (phonetic).
-	The primitive meaning was ‘lean over, incline’, etymologically the same word as 坡 pō (山坡 shānpō ‘hillside’).
+	Compare: 坡(􂘫) pō ‘slope/hillside’ (山坡 shānpō ‘hillside’); 陂(􂢬) pō ‘uneven/sloping’; 波(􁹤𣴫) bō ‘water wave’.
 #rK.AD721 D.7.4366.11 B.212.1.09 E.0
 #c皮页
 #y po/ po\
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