瀕

to approach / to border on / near

濒 = 氵 + 频 : When Brunhilde (bi) approaches (濒) the forbidden city ((e)n1) everybody notes her arrival by the way the water moves in the water bottles (氵) because the cavity of the water bottle matches the eigenfrequency (频) of how Brunhilde is walking.

瀕 character breakdown

瀕
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀
- 頻
  - 步
    - 丨
    - 丶
    - 丿
    - 止
      - 一
      - 上
        
        一
        
        丨
        
        二
        
        一
        
        丄
        
        一
        
        丨
      - 丨
      - ⺊
        
        一
        
        丨
      - 丄
        
        一
        
        丨
  - 頁
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - 貝
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
      - 目
        
        二
        
        一
        
        囗

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

频

頻

pín = pi + (e)n2

frequency / frequently / repetitious

频 = 步 + 页 : Pocahontas (pi) is repeatedly (频) shaking a five-paced viper (步) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She wants to find out the eigenfrequency (频) of the viper by shaking it at different holding points. She marks her findings on a sheet of paper (页), and next to her she stores a whole stack of papers (页) she already published on the subject.