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顰

顰

See also: 颦

Translingual

Han character

顰 (radical 181 頁+15, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜金竹田十 (YCHWJ), four-corner 2140₆)

frown, knit brows
with knitted

References

KangXi: page 1410, character 29

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43737

Dae Jaweon: page 1929, character 23

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4396, character 8

Unihan data for U+9870

Chinese

trad.		顰
simp.		颦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (頻) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
瀕	pin, bin
頻	*bin
顰	*bin
蘋	*bin
嚬	*bin

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pín (pin²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pín
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ
  - Wade-Giles: p'in²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyn
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pan⁴
  - Yale: pàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹/

Middle Chinese: /biɪn/▼

Rime
Character	顰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符眞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/bin/
Shao Rongfen	/bjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bin/
Li Rong	/biĕn/
Wang Li	/bĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pín

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*bin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顰
Reading #	1/1
No.	9797
Phonetic component	頻
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	頻
Old Chinese	/*bin/

Definitions

顰

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Compounds

顰蹙／颦蹙 (píncù)

Japanese

Kanji

顰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: ひん (hin), びん (bin)

Kun: しかめる (shikameru), ひそめる (hisomeru)

Korean

Hanja

顰 • ‎(bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune-Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

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