頻 meaning and stroke order
Frequency; repeatedly, again and again
How to write 頻, stroke by stroke
16 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 頻
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- frequency
- frequently
- repetitious
How 頻 is built
Components of the character.
Radical: 頁 (page), shared by 45 characters on this site.
How to remember 頻
頻 combines 步 (bù, step) on the left with 頁 (yè, head) on the right. Picture someone nodding their head with every step they take, again and again, to remember the idea of something happening frequently.
頻 (simplified 频) rarely stands alone and mostly appears in compound words. It shows up in media words like 视频 (shìpín, video), 音频 (yīnpín, audio) and 频道 (píndào, channel), and in words about how often something happens, like 频繁 (pínfán) and 频率 (pínlǜ). Example: 他频频点头。(Tā pínpín diǎntóu.) He nodded again and again.
Common mistake: Learners often write the left side as 少 or 止 alone instead of the full 步 (bù), which is 止 on top of a shape like 少 without its top dot. Also keep the second tone: pín, not pìn or pǐn. Don't confuse it with 品 (pǐn, product), which sounds similar.
Common words with 頻
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Characters that contain 頻
Learning 頻 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 頻
How many strokes are in 頻?
頻 is written with 16 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 頻 mean?
頻 (pín) means frequency; repeatedly, again and again. A common word with it is 视频 (shìpín), meaning "video".
How do you pronounce 頻?
頻 is pronounced pín, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 頻?
The radical of 頻 is 頁, which carries the idea of "page". Dictionaries list 頻 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 頻?
頻 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 频, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 频繁 and 经常?
Both mean often, but 频繁 (pínfán) is more formal and suggests something happens so often it stands out, sometimes too often. 经常 (jīngcháng) is the everyday neutral word for often.
Why does 频 appear in words like video and audio?
In those words 频 refers to frequency in the technical sense, as in signal frequencies. 视频 is literally "viewing frequency" and 音频 is "sound frequency," which became the standard terms for video and audio.