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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 16
Total Strokes: 19
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: pín
Cantonese: pan4
JapaneseKun: HISOMERU
JapaneseOn: HIN BIN
Korean: PIN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: frown

CE-Dict: knit the brows

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】 嚬
【廣韻】符眞切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】吡賔切,𠀤音頻。【正字通】眉蹙貌。【通鑒】韓昭侯曰:明主愛一嚬一笑。【王筠詩】斂笑動微嚬。 又【正字通】通作顰。【駱賔王詩】妝鏡菱花暗,愁眉柳葉顰。 又通作矉。【莊子·天運篇】西施病心而矉。【註】蹙額曰矉。【李白詩】蛾眉不可妒,况乃效其矉。 又借作頻。【孟子】已頻願曰。【王充·論衡】薄酒酸苦,賔主頻蹙。○按《正字通》云嚬與言部𧭹別,未聞訓嚬爲笑者,信如舊註,則一嚬一笑,猶言一笑一笑也,於義難解。各韻書以爲笑貌,俱誤。