Chinese symbol for “harp”
竖琴
shù qín
Traditional: 豎琴
harp
The closest CC-CEDICT match for harp is 竖琴 (shù qín), defined as: harp.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 竖琴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竖立 (豎立) | shù lì | to erect; to set upright |
| 竖起 (豎起) | shù qǐ | to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears) |
| 竖直 (豎直) | shù zhí | vertical; to erect |
| 竖井 (豎井) | shù jǐng | vertical shaft (for mining, ventilation systems etc) |
| 横竖 (橫豎) | héng shu | anyway |
| 钢琴 (鋼琴) | gāng qín | piano; measure word: 架 (jià), 台 (tái) |
| 小提琴 | xiǎo tí qín | fiddle; violin |
| 大提琴 | dà tí qín | cello (CL:把 (bǎ)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “harp”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.