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is composed of ye 頁 “head”, an element on top of the head that appears to be a feath- er, and qiang 爿 “bed”. Song Zhenhao (2006: 12, cited in GuLin Bubian, NO33: 907) interprets the “feather” as an abbreviated spelling of hui 彗and reads the graph as a variant form of hui “recover” (said of illness). ( is written (HJ 13861) by other Wu Ding period scribes.) Shi Bing (2010, cited in GuLin bubian, NO33: 908) interprets the “feather” as a decorative element and proposes the graph is zhuang 狀 “shape, image”, which in Warring States script is written with 首 and 爿 as (Guodian, Laozi, strip 21). The classifiers 首and 頁 were interchangeable in early script; for instance, the Shuowen jiezi lists 𩠛 as the zhouwen form of 頤 “jaws”. 170 | HYZ 125