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帧

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frame; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. [zheng4]

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Strokes
9
Radical
巾 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
幀
Common rank
#3,418
Unicode
U+5E27

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Formation & memory

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How 帧 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

巾 meaning “cloth” + 贞 sound ( zhēn )

Components 巾 贞

Words with 帧

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WordPinyinMeaning
帧首定界符 zhēn shǒu dìng jiè fú start frame delimiter (SFD)
司马承帧 Sī mǎ Chéng zhēn Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty
帧格式 zhēn gé shì frame format
帧检验序列 zhēn jiǎn yàn xù liè frame check sequence (FCS)
帧中继 zhēn zhōng jì frame relay
装帧 zhuāng zhēn binding and layout (of a book etc)
帧率 zhēn lǜ frame rate
帧频 zhēn pín frame rate; frame frequency

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 贞 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
贞 sound part zhēn virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
侦 zhēn to spy, to reconnoiter; detective
祯 zhēn lucky, auspicious; a good omen
桢 zhēn hardwood; posts, supports
浈 zhēn a river in Guangdong province