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筝

zhēng

guzheng, zither, string instrument

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 争 provides pronunciation

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (35%)

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to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive

⿱⺮争 i

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zhú

⺮

bamboo; flute

📷 Pictographic: Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹

6 strokes

zhēng

争

to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive

💡 Ideographic: Simplified form of 爭, two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅

6 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 筝 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

筝 ↗

zhēng

guzheng or long zither / long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin [[古琴]] during Tang and Song times / Japanese koto

zhēng

筝 ↗

guzheng or long zither / long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin [[古琴]] during Tang and Song times / Japanese koto

zither or guzheng / large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin [[古琴<gǔqín>]] during Tang and Song times

gǔzhēng

古筝 ↗

zither or guzheng / large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin [[古琴<gǔqín>]] during Tang and Song times

断线风筝 ↗

duànxiànfēngzhēng

a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall

duànxiànfēngzhēng

断线风筝 ↗

a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall

朝鲜筝 ↗

Cháoxiǎnzhēng

gayageum / Korean 12-stringed zither

Cháoxiǎnzhēng

朝鲜筝 ↗

gayageum / Korean 12-stringed zither