颇
pǒ · HSK 7
very
颇 = 皮 (pí, skin → sound) + 页 (head); a head tilted to one side, so rather/quite
皮 (pí) supplies the pronunciation and 页 means head. 颇 first described a head leaning to one side, i.e. biased or inclined (偏颇), then softened into the adverb pǒ meaning rather, quite, or very.
颇 — 皮 (skin/phonetic) + 页 (head/page)
颇 is a phono-semantic compound. The right side 页 originally depicted a human head, suggesting the meaning, while 皮 (pí) supplies the sound. It first meant 'head leaning to one side,' then extended to 'slanted, biased, partial,' and in modern Chinese commonly works as an adverb meaning 'rather' or 'quite.'