簧 — Chinese character
簧
huáng
reed; lock, metal spring
- Pinyin
- huáng
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 黄
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 黄
- Japanese
- 簧 as a kanji
Common words with 簧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弹簧 (彈簧) | tán huáng | spring |
| 单簧管 (單簧管) | dān huáng guǎn | clarinet |
| 簧片 | huáng piàn | reed (music) |
| 双簧 (雙簧) | shuāng huáng | a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing; double reed (as |
| 双簧管 (雙簧管) | shuāng huáng guǎn | double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) |
| 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 tongue |
| 簧管 | huáng guǎn | reed pipe |
| 弹簧刀 (彈簧刀) | tán huáng dāo | flick knife; switchblade |
| 二簧 | èr huáng | variant of 二黄 (èr huáng) |
| 弹簧锁 (彈簧鎖) | tán huáng suǒ | spring lock |
| 弹簧秤 (彈簧秤) | tán huáng chèng | spring balance |
| 唱双簧 (唱雙簧) | chàng shuāng huáng | lit. to sing a duet; fig. to collaborate with sb |
English words written with 簧
簧 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.