Memory phrase for the character: 筝

筝

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Meaning Guzheng (=long zither with 13 to 16 strings)

Pronunciation

zhēng

Explanation

Top: bamboo 竹, below: dispute 争 (The bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in hand looking for dispute.)

Mnemonic
 
Made of bamboo and sounds like a dispute, the: Guzheng.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
争 dispute, fight
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 Vocabulary

风筝 fēng zhēng  kite
朝鲜筝 Cháo xiǎn zhēng  kayagum; Korean 12-stringed zither
断线风筝 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng  a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
断线风筝 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng  

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