顰

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See also: 颦
顰 U+9870, 顰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9870
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 顱 →

Translingual

Han character

顰 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+15, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜金竹田十 (YCHWJ), four-corner 21406, composition ⿱頻卑)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43737
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1929, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4396, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9870

Chinese

trad. 顰
simp. 颦
alternative forms 嚬／𫫾
儐／傧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 顰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (頻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瀕 *pin, *bin
頻 *bin
顰 *bin
蘋 *bin
嚬 *bin

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ping5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
  • pêng5 - Jieyang.
    Rime
    Character 顰
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 眞 (43)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 符眞切
    Baxter bjin
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/biɪn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/bin/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/bjen/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/bin/
    Li
    Rong         		/biĕn/
    Wang
    Li         		/bĭĕn/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/bʱi̯ĕn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		pín
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		pan4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 顰
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9797
    Phonetic
    component         		頻
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		頻
    Old
    Chinese         		/*bin/

    Definitions

    顰

    1. (literary) to frown; to knit one's brows

    Compounds

    References

    • “顰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “颦”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    顰

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. scowl, raised eyebrows

    Readings

    • Go-on: びん (bin)
    • Kan-on: ひん (hin)
    • Kun: ひそめる (hisomeru, 顰める)、しかめる (shikameru, 顰める)

    Korean

    Hanja

    顰 • (bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune–Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

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