颦
pín

frown

Components

频
频 Sound component
pín frequently
卑
卑 Meaning component
bēi humble, inferior

despise

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

顰 frown Traditional

Components

頻
頻 Sound component
pín frequently
卑
卑 Meaning component
bēi humble, inferior

despise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbin
Unicodebhin

說文解字

涉水顰蹙。从頻卑聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)