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
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
Character Evolution
Component uses
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