筝 zhēng guzheng
guzheng; zither; string instrument
怎么记住“筝”: 𥫗 bamboo + 争 contend = guzheng. Behind a bamboo screen, two sisters contend for the concert solo, each playing her best piece on the guzheng.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
筝 = 𥫗 bamboo + 争 contend
- 𥫗 bamboo meaning
- 争 contend sound
- ⺈ knife top
- 彐 snout
- 亅 hook
Behind a bamboo screen, two sisters contend for the concert solo, each playing her best piece on the guzheng.
How it came to be
Bamboo gives the meaning and the sign for contend the sound; the word names a string instrument with a bamboo body.
用法
- The guzheng, a plucked zither: 古筝 (gǔzhēng), the classic 21-string Chinese instrument.
- But the everyday word is 风筝 (fēngzheng): a kite: 放风筝 (fàng fēngzheng) to fly a kite. Two very different meanings depending on the compound.