What is the Kanji for "Frequently" and "Frequent"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Frequently" and "Frequent", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Frequently" and "Frequent" is "頻".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Shiki".

Its onyomi reading is "Hin".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "步" . And The radical "頁" means "Page" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "頻" mean in japanese?

"頻" means "Frequently" and "Frequent".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

頻繁: "Frequent". The adjectival noun '頻繁 (ひんぱん)' means 'frequent'. It is used to describe something that occurs or happens regularly, consistently, and repeatedly. It can be applied to all kinds of events, actions, or occurrences. For example: We have frequent sales in this store - (この店では頻繁に売り出しがある). Frequent phone calls - (頻繁な電話)

頻りに: "Frequently". The adverb '頻りに (しきりに)' means 'frequently' or 'constantly'. It is used to describe an action or state that occurs repeatedly or continually. For example: She keeps calling me frequently - (彼女は頻りに私に電話をかけてくる). I frequently go to the gym - (私はジムに頻りに通っている).

頻り: "Frequently". The Japanese adverb '頻り (しきり)' means 'frequently'. This adverb is used to indicate that something happens or occurs repeatedly, intensely, or persistently. It conveys a sense of continuous or habitual action. For example: He frequently visits the library - (彼は図書館に頻り通っている). She frequently calls her parents - (彼女は両親によく電話する).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ひ" is read as "hi". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". And The hiragana "き" is read as "ki".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.