Chinese symbol for “tambourine”
铃鼓
líng gǔ
Traditional: 鈴鼓
tambourine (musical instrument); bell and drum
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tambourine is 铃鼓 (líng gǔ), defined as: tambourine (musical instrument); bell and drum.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铃鼓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铃声 (鈴聲) | líng shēng | ring; ringtone |
| 马铃薯 (馬鈴薯) | mǎ líng shǔ | potato |
| 铃铛 (鈴鐺) | líng dang | little bell; 只 (zhī) |
| 门铃 (門鈴) | mén líng | doorbell |
| 风铃 (風鈴) | fēng líng | wind chimes |
| 哑铃 (啞鈴) | yǎ líng | dumbbell (weight) |
| 鼓励 (鼓勵) | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tambourine”.
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.