筝 — Chinese character
筝
zhēng
guzheng, zither, string instrument
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 争
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 争
- Traditional
- 箏
- Japanese
- 筝 as a kanji
Common words with 筝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风筝 (風箏) | fēng zheng | kite (lit. "wind zither", traditionally explained as being named after kites fitted with bamboo whistles that produced musical sounds when flown) |
| 古筝 (古箏) | gǔ zhēng | guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 (gǔ qín) during Tang and Song times) |
| 放风筝 (放風箏) | fàng fēng zheng | to fly a kite |
| 断线风筝 (斷線風箏) | duàn xiàn fēng zhēng | a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) |
| 风筝冲浪 (風箏衝浪) | fēng zheng chōng làng | kitesurfing |
English words written with 筝
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.