Chinese Character 颦 Meanings and components.

Form

颦

Meaning

颦 meaning[3] in English

To Scowl.

To Knit The Brows.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 颦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are frequency (频) , and low (卑)

Its radical[1] is: 頁 (ye4) which means: Head, .頁ye4head

In cangjie it is written with YOHWJ

How to write 颦

To write颦pin2to scowl you should write a combination of 频pin2frequency , 卑bei1low arranged in a 吕 shape:

频 + 卑 = 颦

颦 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 颦 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 颦, looks as follow:

颦
Pinyin:pin2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Scowl . To Knit The Brows
频
Pinyin:pin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Frequency . Frequently . Repetitious
步
Pinyin:bu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
𣥂
Pinyin:ta4 Shape:一
页
Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head
丆
Pinyin:han3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
卑
Pinyin:bei1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Low . Base . Vulgar . Inferior . Humble

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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