顰

See also: 颦

顰 U+9870, 顰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9870 ← 顯 [U+986F] CJK Unified Ideographs 顱 → [U+9871]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𧅵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43737
• Dae Jaweon: page 1929, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4396, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9870

Chinese

trad.		顰
simp.		颦
alternative forms		嚬／𫫾 儐／傧

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pín
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pín
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin²
    • Yale: pín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyn
    • Palladius: пинь (pinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴
    • Yale: pàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjin

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
Baxter	bjin
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pan4

• 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

1. (literary) to frown; to knit one's brows

Compounds

• 一顰一笑／一颦一笑 (yīpínyīxiào)
• 宜顰宜笑／宜颦宜笑
• 捧心顰／捧心颦
• 效顰／效颦
• 效顰學步／效颦学步
• 東家效顰／东家效颦
• 東施效顰／东施效颦 (dōngshīxiàopín)
• 西子顰／西子颦
• 西施顰眉／西施颦眉
• 蹙額顰眉／蹙额颦眉
• 醜女效顰／丑女效颦
• 顰伸／颦伸
• 顰兒／颦儿
• 顰眉／颦眉 (pínméi)
• 顰眉蹙額／颦眉蹙额
• 顰蛾眉／颦蛾眉
• 顰蹙／颦蹙 (píncù)

 

Japanese

Kanji

顰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scowl, raised eyebrows

Readings

• Go-on: びん (bin)
• Kan-on: ひん (hin)
• Kun: ひそめる (hisomeru, 顰める); しかめる (shikameru, 顰める)

Korean

Hanja

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

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