How to Write 帧 (zhēn) — Meaning “Frame (in video or animation).”

Imagine a movie frame frozen on a cloth screen: the left part 巾 looks like a hanging cloth, and the right part 贞 sounds like "zen" — picture a calm, still moment (a frame) captured on that cloth. This combines the visual of cloth with the idea of a single, unchanging picture.

Pay attention to the left radical 巾: it has three strokes — vertical, horizontal fold, vertical — and its bottom should be slightly wider than the top. On the right, 贞 starts with a vertical stroke, then a horizontal, and ends with a small hook on the last stroke; do not mix up the order of the two vertical strokes inside.

帧 (frame) uses the radical 巾 (cloth) and is about video frames or picture frames. 希 means "hope" or "rare" and has 巾 in the top part but a different bottom (布 with 巾 at top). 帏 means "curtain" or "tent" and also uses 巾, but its right side is 韦 (leather), not 贞 — so 帏 refers to a cloth covering, not a frame.

帧 appears in technology contexts like 帧率 (frame rate) for videos or games and 帧频 (frame frequency) for display refresh rates. It is also used in film editing, such as 一帧 (one frame) meaning a single image in a video sequence. This character is essential for anyone discussing video quality or animation.

Common words containing 帧 include: 帧率 (zhēn lǜ) — Frame rate.; 一帧 (yī zhēn) — a frame (of film or video); a picture; 帧频 (zhēn pín) — Frame frequency..