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Kanji Detail for 顰 - "frown"

顰

  • Meaning

    顰 means "frown."

    1. Frown - To furrow one's brow; to grimace.

  • Four-character idioms with 顰

    • 一顰一笑 いっぴんいっしょう Listen one's mood; one's caprice; a smile or a frown

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    scowl; raise eyebrows

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    frown, knit brows

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to scowl; to knit the brows

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to frown; to knit the brows

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Furrowed brows. As in describing a beautiful woman's expression as 顰笑 (frowning and smiling).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hin(ヒン) ヒン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiso.meru(ひそめる) ひそめる

    shika.meru(しかめる) しかめる

  • Strokes

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    24 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    頁 (ogai・ichinokai)

  • Related Keywords

    frown furrow brow grimace

Sentences including 顰

  • She made a face when she saw a dog.

  • If you go around the Internet, using half-width katakana in various places, eventually you're going to end up pissing off a lot of people.

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