Kanji Portraits does have a page on, well, pages 頁 (the 部首 for head, but as a standalone it means page), but for whatever reason only includes 頁順顔頭願. There are たくさん漢字 with this 部首. Maybe one day I'll do the rest.
領, territory/chief: 令 is order/rule and 頁, page, is the radical for head. The head of the rule of a territory is its chief.
頃, time. After sufficient time, a man will slump over 匕, especially his head (with sleep).
傾, lean/slant: Person here to emphasize it's the person with the slump, not the time, that we're focusing on.
頒, divide/distribute: 分 is divide; a divided mind is divided indeed. So maybe it does distributed processing, like a computer with lots of CPU's?
顕, visible/exposure. We've seen this before. Though the etymology's wrong, the thing on the lower left can be something like stand or line up. When people stand in line in the sun, their heads should still be visible.
頻, recur/frequent: The two components are 歩 and 頁, so despite its actual evolution (which involves rippling water), I'll say: walk and you'll frequently and recurringly bob your head.
領頃傾頒顕頻(頁順顔頭願)
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