颇
pōpǒ HSK7

lean one side

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 頗.

Components

页
页 Meaning component
yè page
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

頗 pō lean one side Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphapʰˤa[j]slanting, oblique
Zhengzhangpʰaːl
pʰaːlʔ
pʰaːls
Unicodepɑ
pɑ̌

說文解字

頭偏也。从頁皮聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)