簧
reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,275 U+7C27
How 簧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 黄 (phonetic, huáng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 黄
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 黄 (huáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄 sound component | huáng | yellow; surname |
| 横 | héng | horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh |
| 潢 | huáng | pond, lake |
| 璜 | huáng | a jade pendant |
| 癀 | huáng | jaundice |
| 蟥 | huáng | leech |
Words containing 簧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如簧之舌 | rú huáng zhī shé | lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom); fig. a glib tongue |
| 单簧管 | dān huáng guǎn | clarinet |
| 弹簧门 | tán huáng mén | swing door |
| 双簧管 | shuāng huáng guǎn | double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) |
| 弹簧刀 | tán huáng dāo | flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife |
| 口簧琴 | kǒu huáng qín | Jew's harp |
| 簧风琴 | huáng fēng qín | harmonium |
| 巧舌如簧 | qiǎo shé rú huáng | lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom); fig. to have a glib tong… |
| 口簧 | kǒu huáng | Jew's harp |
| 唱双簧 | chàng shuāng huáng | lit. to sing a duet; fig. to collaborate with sb; also used satirically: to play second fi… |
| 弹簧垫圈 | tán huáng diàn quān | spring washer |
| 二簧 | èr huáng | variant of 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2] |
| 簧管 | huáng guǎn | reed pipe |
| 双簧 | shuāng huáng | a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in… |
| 簧片 | huáng piàn | reed (music) |
| 弹簧锁 | tán huáng suǒ | spring lock |
| 弹簧 | tán huáng | spring |
| 簧舌 | huáng shé | the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument |
| 弹簧秤 | tán huáng chèng | spring balance |
| 叉簧 | chā huáng | switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call) |