瑟 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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sè

large stringed musical instrument

Phonosemantic compound. 玨 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound.

Components

玨 Meaning component

jué

two pieces of jade joined together

必 Sound component

bì

surely

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sè

large stringed musical instrument; dignified, massive; sound of wind; a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings

Most common words with 瑟

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	瑟	a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
	亚瑟	Arthur (name)
	凯瑟琳	Katherine
	约瑟夫	Joseph (name)
	卢瑟	loser (loanword)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[s.m]ri[t]	srit	sè	lute

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 10.0432% of movies

1191st most common character in movies

1694th most common character in books

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