羯鼓 in English jie2 gu3 Meaning

Meanings

  • double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist

Simplified Characters

羯 鼓

Traditional Characters

羯 鼓

Pinyin

jie2 gu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

羯jie2Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century 鼓gu3old variant of 鼓[gu3]