懂中文 Dong Chinese

频

pín

frequently

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 iconic,remnant component

涉  Iconic Remnant component

shè

  

wade

页 iconic component

页  Iconic component

yè, xié

  

page

Depicts a head on top of a person.

Evolution

频 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
频 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
频 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
频 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

频 (頻) 

pín

frequently, again and again; frequency; frequently; repetitious

Most common words with 频
Freq.
Word
Meaning

视频

video

频道

frequency

频率

frequency

频繁

often

频

frequency

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

颦