频谱
pín​pǔ

spectrum

频 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
涉 IconicRemnant component
shè wade
页
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

谱 pǔ register Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 普 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譜.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

普
普 Sound component
pǔ universal

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

Depicts a head on top of a person.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

蘋顰

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjin[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

譜 register Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
普
普 Sound component
pǔ universal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːʔ

說文解字

籍録也。从言普聲。《史記》从並。

Sources

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