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陂 (bēi, pō) is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 阝 'mound, dam' on the left, and the phonetic 皮 (pí) on the right. Its meanings vary with pronunciation: as bēi, it originally denoted an artificial reservoir, dammed pool, or reinforced banks of an irrigation pond; as pō, it describes a rugged, uneven hillside or sloping mountain terrain, reflecting both water management and the elevated landform of its radical.
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