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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 瀕
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*pin, *bin
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| 頻
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*bin
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| 顰
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*bin
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| 蘋
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*bin
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| 嚬
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*bin
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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顰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9797
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Phonetic
component
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頻
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Rime
group
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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頻
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Old
Chinese
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/*bin/
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Definitions
顰
- (literary) to frown; to knit one's brows
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
顰
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- scowl, raised eyebrows
Readings
Korean
Hanja
顰 • (bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune–Reischauer pin, Yale pin)
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