磬 — Chinese character
磬
qìng
musical instrument; a kind of xylophone
- Pinyin
- qìng
- Radical
- 112 ⽯ (Stone)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 殸 石
- Formation
- ideographic — Stone 石 chimes 殸; 殸 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 磬 as a kanji
Common words with 磬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 编磬 (編磬) | biān qìng | musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone |
| 磬竭 | qìng jié | used up; exhausted |
English words written with 磬
磬 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · Zhuangzi 1
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