瀕
bīn

riverside

Depicts a person standing (頁) on the shore wading (涉) in shallow water.

Components

涉
涉 Iconic component
shè wade
頁
頁 Iconic component
yè (head), page

Depicts a head on top of a person.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjinpi[n] river bank, shore

說文解字

《說文》：“瀕，水厓，人所賓附，頻蹙不前而止。从頁，从涉。”

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)

濒 bīn riverside Simplified

Depicts a person standing (页) on the shore wading (涉) in shallow water.

Components

涉
涉 Iconic component
shè wade
页
页 Iconic component
yè page

Depicts a head on top of a person.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode