pín

Radical: 十 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

颦 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 颦

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 颦.

颦眉
pín méi
to knit one's brows
一颦一笑
yī pín yī xiào
every frown and every smile
东施效颦
dōng shī xiào pín
lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)

Related characters (radical 十)

Characters that share the radical .

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