颦 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

pín

frown

Components

频 Sound component

pín

frequently

卑 Meaning component

bēi

humble, inferior

despise

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

pín

frown, knit brows; with knitted; to scowl; to knit the brows

Most common words with 颦

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	一颦一笑	every frown and every smile
	颦	to scowl
	东施效颦	lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4851st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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