帧

幀
zhēn
巾 + 贞

Definitions

zhēn frame; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. [zhèng]

Etymology phono-semantic

cloth

Semantic: 巾 Phonetic: 贞

About

The character 帧 (zhēn, traditional 幀) is a phono-semantic compound: the left-side radical 巾 conveys the meaning of cloth or scroll, while the right-side component 贞/貞 (zhēn) supplies the pronunciation. It originated as a measure word for paintings and calligraphy typically mounted on silk scrolls. As media evolved, the character was repurposed to mean "frame" in film, video, and computer graphics. Today it almost exclusively denotes a single static image within a moving sequence, used to quantify digital frame rates while preserving its core function as a counter.

Example Sentences Hide

这帧画面很清晰。

Zhè zhēn huàmiàn hěn qīngxī.

This frame of the picture is very clear.

视频播放很流畅，没有掉帧。

Shìpín bōfàng hěn liúchàng, méiyǒu diào zhēn.

The video plays very smoothly without dropping frames.

动画是由一帧帧图像组成的。

Dònghuà shì yóu yī zhēn zhēn túxiàng zǔchéng de.

Animation is composed of frame after frame of images.

游戏的每一帧都渲染得很精美。

Yóuxì de měi yī zhēn dōu xuànrǎn de hěn jīngměi.

Every frame of the game is rendered beautifully.

我们需要提高视频的帧速率。

Wǒmen xūyào tígāo shìpín de zhēn sùlǜ.

We need to increase the video's frame rate.

这段录像的每一帧都经过了分析。

Zhè duàn lùxiàng de měi yī zhēn dōu jīngguòle fēnxī.

Every frame of this video recording has been analyzed.

编码器优化后，压缩效率提升了，但帧质量保持不变。

Biānmǎ qì yōuhuà hòu, yāsuō xiàolǜ tíshēng le, dàn zhēn zhìliàng bǎochí bù biàn.

After the encoder was optimized, the compression efficiency improved, but the frame quality remained unchanged.

由于实时渲染的计算量巨大，开发者必须精细地平衡帧时间与画面细节。

Yóuyú shíshí xuànrǎn de jìsuàn liàng jùdà, kāifā zhě bìxū jīngxì de pínghéng zhēn shíjiān yǔ huàmiàn xìjié.

Due to the enormous computational load of real-time rendering, developers must meticulously balance frame time and visual detail.

Related Characters

Component: 巾

常 市 带 布 帝 帮 席 币 幕 幅 帕 帐 饰 帽

Component: 贞

侦 桢 祯 赪 浈

Example Words

装帧 帧率