筝

zhēng(zheng1) // pronunciation of 筝 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 筝

Unihan definition: stringed musical instrument; kite

Number of strokes: 12
Examples of other characters consisting of 12 strokes: 就, 道, 然, 最, 等, 斯, 提, 量, 期, 强

Radical: 竹 118.6

Frequency rank: 3436

General standard index number: 2689

Traditional variant: 箏

Examples of words containing this character: 古筝, 风筝, 朝鲜筝, 断线风筝

English translation (based on CEDICT):

箏|筝[zhēng]:

- guzheng or long zither
- long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times
- Japanese koto

Details

Unicode code point: U+7B5D

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