Chinese symbol for “frequency”
频道
pín dào
Traditional: 頻道
frequency; (television) channel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frequency is 频道 (pín dào), defined as: frequency; (television) channel.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “frequency”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 频率 (頻率) | pín lǜ | frequency |
| 频 (頻) | pín | frequency; frequently |
| 频次 (頻次) | pín cì | frequency |
| 频度 (頻度) | pín dù | frequency |
| 频数 (頻數) | pín shù | frequency |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 频道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 视频 (視頻) | shì pín | video |
| 频率 (頻率) | pín lǜ | frequency |
| 频繁 (頻繁) | pín fán | frequently; often |
| 音频 (音頻) | yīn pín | audio; sound |
| 频频 (頻頻) | pín pín | repeatedly; again and again |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frequency”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.