筝
Tap the pinyin to hear it
see 古箏|古筝[gu3 zheng1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 竹 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 箏
- Common rank
- #3,722
- Unicode
- U+7B5D
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
Chinese zither · Heisig RSH #2224
竹 bamboo + 争 contend
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 筝
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 断线风筝 | a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) | |
| 放风筝 | to fly a kite | |
| 风筝冲浪 | kitesurfing | |
| 朝鲜筝 | gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither) | |
| 风筝 | kite (lit. "wind zither", traditionally explained as being named after kites fitted with b… | |
| 古筝 | guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] during … |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 争 — compare how they read.