竽 — Chinese character
竽
yú
free reed mouth organ
- Pinyin
- yú
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 于
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flute; meaning component ⺮; sound component 于
Common words with 竽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 滥竽充数 (濫竽充數) | làn yú chōng shù | lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products; to masquerade as having an ability |
| 吹竽手 | chuī yú shǒu | player of the yu 竽 (yú) (free reed wind instrument) |
| 滥竽 (濫竽) | làn yú | indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification); see 滥竽充数 (làn yú chōng shù) |
竽 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.