Chinese Character 筝 Meanings and components.

Form

筝

Meaning

筝 meaning[3] in English

Guzheng Or Long Zither.

Long Zither With 13 To 16 Strings, Developed From Guqin 古琴 During Tang And Song Times.

Japanese Koto.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 筝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and to strive for (争)

Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹zhu2bamboo

In cangjie it is written with HNSD

How to write 筝

To write筝zheng1guzheng or … you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 争zheng1to strive … arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 争 = 筝

筝 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 筝 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 筝, looks as follow:

筝
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Guzheng Or Long Zither . Long Zither With 13 To 16 Strings, Developed From Guqin 古琴 During Tang And Song Times . Japanese Koto
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
争
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Strive For . To Vie For . To Argue Or Debate . Deficient Or Lacking (Dialect) . How Or What (Literary)
𠂊
Pinyin:𠂊5 Shape:一
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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