Kanji Detail of 頻
頻
| Level: | N1 High |
| Strokes: | 17 |
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The kanji 頻 primarily conveys the idea of "frequency," "often," "repeatedly," or "frequently occurring." It implies something that happens many times within a specific period or in a certain context.
・On-yomi (音読み): ヒン (hin) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): しきり (shikiri) – though this reading is less common and often used in a more literary context.
⚫︎頻繁(ひんぱん) Translation: frequent, often, repeatedly. ⚫︎頻度(ひんど) Translation: frequency, rate. ⚫︎高頻度(こうひんど) Translation: high frequency.
The kanji 頻 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, けいせいもじ). ⚫︎ The semantic component is 歩 (歩, "step" or "to walk") and the phonetic component is 頁 (頁, "page"). ⚫︎ Initially, the character was related to frequently walking around or pacing. ⚫︎ Over time, its meaning evolved to encompass the concept of something happening repeatedly or often. ⚫︎ The connection can be seen as related to repeated steps or actions.