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竽

yú

free reed mouth organ

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺮ (flute) provides meaning, 于 provides pronunciation

HSK 9 strokes Uncommon (50%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

at, in, on; to, from; alas!

⿱⺮于 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

zhú

⺮

bamboo; flute

📷 Pictographic: Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹

6 strokes

yú

于

at, in, on; to, from; alas!

3 strokes HSK 3

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

Words Using 竽 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

竽 ↗

yú

free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd (larger version of [[笙<shēng>]])

yú

竽 ↗

free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd (larger version of [[笙<shēng>]])

吹竽手 ↗

chuīyúshǒu

player of the yu [[竽]] (free reed mouth organ)

chuīyúshǒu

吹竽手 ↗

player of the yu [[竽]] (free reed mouth organ)

滥竽 ↗

lànyú

indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification) / see [[濫竽充數|滥竽充数<lànyúchōngshù>]]

lànyú

滥竽 ↗

indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification) / see [[濫竽充數|滥竽充数<lànyúchōngshù>]]

滥竽充数 ↗

lànyúchōngshù

lit. to play the yu [[竽]] mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group

lànyúchōngshù

滥竽充数 ↗

lit. to play the yu [[竽]] mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group