頗 (pō) — quite, rather, considerably; adj — partial, one-sided

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字

頗 character · TOCFL B1 (est.)

頗＝頁＋皮

ㄆㄛ · pō

adv — quite, rather, considerably; adj — partial, one-sided

字源 FORM — what the parts do

頁義a head

皮聲pí — gives the sound

{b,p,f}FTpí → pō — the rhyme and tone shift, the initial holds

A head (頁) with 皮 pí giving the sound. The head tilted to one side — leaning, partial (偏頗). A thing tipped well over to one side reads as a matter of degree: quite, rather, considerably (頗為、頗好).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

那顆頭（頁）歪向一邊，斜得相當明顯。

The head (頁) cants to one side, tilted over by a considerable margin.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)偏頗— partial, one-sided, leaning

→頗為、頗好— quite, rather, considerably常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension