頻 means “frequent, repeated”

ひん · hin

Also: repeatedly, recur

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

しきりに

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヒン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 17 strokes

The story

A head (頁) and walking (歩): picture the same face strolling past your window again and again. 頻 is frequent: 頻繁 is often, 頻度 is frequency, and study guides flag the words exams love as 頻出.

Used in 頻繁 (hinpan, frequent), 頻度 (hindo, frequency), and 頻出 (hinshutsu, frequently appearing)

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• 暦 calendar
• 遍 everywhere
• 迅 swift
• 頃 around (a time)
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• 紀 chronicle
• 節 joint
• 既 already
• 暫 temporary
• 旬 in season
• 即 immediate
• 瞬 instant

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