颦

颦 · pín

frown, knit brows; with knitted

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
pín
Cantonese
pan4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

frown, knit brows; with knitted

Dictionary definitions & readings

颦 pín · to scowl; to knit the brows

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0877.030:pín Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
285.040:pín Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
YOHWJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2140 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1410.451 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+98A6
Radical
页 · 181
Strokes
21
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6452

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Stroke order

21 strokes
颦
Strokes
21
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

21 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

顰

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
0361.140
kHanYu
74396.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
0361.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74396.090
kIRGKangXi
1410.451
kKangXi
1410.451
kSMSZD2003Index
76.05
kCangjie
YOHWJ
kFourCornerCode
2140
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-722D
kRSUnicode
181'.15
kTotalStrokes
21
kCCCII
27605A
kEACC
27605A
kGB0
8213
kMainlandTelegraph
7360
kTGH
2013:6452
kCantonese
pan4
kDefinition
frown, knit brows; with knitted
kMandarin
pín
kTGHZ2013
285.040:pín
kXHC1983
0877.030:pín
kTraditionalVariant
U+9870

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Structure & connections

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⿱ Above / below

Shape description
频 above 卑 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱频卑$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱频卑$(G)

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