调频 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tiáopín

frequency modulation

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

Simplified form of 調. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

调 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
调 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

pín frequently Simplified

Original meaning: riverside

Depicts a person standing (页) on the shore wading (涉) in shallow water. Based on the original meaning "riverside", now written as 瀕. The meaning later shifted to "continuous" and "repeatedly".

Components

涉 Iconic Remnant component

shè wade

页 Iconic component

yè page

Depicts a head on top of a person.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

颦

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

調 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
調 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dew	[d]ˤiw	tune (v.), adjust

說文解字

《說文》：“調，和也。从言，周聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

pín frequently Traditional

Original meaning: riverside

Depicts a person standing (頁) on the shore wading (涉) in shallow water. Based on the original meaning "riverside", now written as 瀕. The meaning later shifted to "continuous" and "repeatedly".

Components

涉 Iconic Remnant component

shè wade

頁 Iconic component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head on top of a person.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

蘋顰

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjin	[b]i[n]	frequently
	bjin	[m-p]i[n]	river bank

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica

调 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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频 pín frequently Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

調 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

頻 pín frequently Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

pín frequently Simplified

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

pín frequently Traditional