zhēng
stringed musical instrument
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 争 represents the sound. Simplified form of 箏.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 筝
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
kite | ||
zither or guzheng | ||
Japanese koto | ||
a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.7528% of movies
3263rd most common character in movies
3436th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+7B5D |
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