频

頻
pín
#1,533 most
frequent character
frequency, frequently, repetitious

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

频 first showed a person wading into water. That gave the meaning 'water's edge.' Later the water part was dropped, and the same shape was borrowed for its sound to mean 'frequently.'

频 as a component in other characters

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Homophones

贫pín
poor, inadequate, deficient

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