CJK Compatibility Ideograph FA6A

It means “frequent” or “repeated.” 頻 is a Japanese source-glyph variant of 頻, so it carries the same character and meaning.

This separate code point lets text converted from a JIS X 0213 source return with its original glyph distinction. Unicode reserves these compatibility characters for round-trip conversion.

One traditional etymological account tentatively connects 頻 with rites by the water and the ideas of drawing near or frowning; the account itself says the explanation is unclear. Japanese dictionaries also record the old verb しく, “to recur,” and cite しきり, “repeatedly,” in the Nihon Shoki, an early Japanese chronicle completed in 720.

Why can 頻 become 頻?

Normalization can turn 頻 into 頻. Unicode normalization makes equivalent text forms consistent; all four forms—NFC, NFD, NFKC, and NFKD—can replace this code point with 頻.

Fonts may draw 頻 and 頻 identically or show a Japanese source-specific difference. The sequence 頻︀, 頻 followed by Variation Selector-1, requests the standardized variant when the font and text software support it.