箏

See also: 筝 and 琴

Translingual

Han character

箏 (radical 118 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹月尸木 (HBSD), four-corner 8850₇)

1. stringed musical instrument (with moveable bridges)
2. kite

References

• KangXi: page 887, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26133
• Dae Jaweon: page 1315, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 5, page 2984, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7B8F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

箏 (simplified 筝, Yale jaang1, jang1)

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Japanese

Kanji

箏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. koto (Japanese 13-stringed zither)

Readings

• On: そう (sō), しょう (shō)
• Kun: こと (koto)

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Korean

Hanja

箏 (jaeng) (hangeul 쟁, revised jaeng, McCune-Reischauer chaeng, Yale cayng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

箏 (simplified 筝, Pinyin zhēng (zheng1), Wade-Giles cheng¹)

1. guzheng (Chinese zither)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

箏 (*jrɛng)

1. musical instrument with plucked strings over a horizontal board and movable bridges (e.g., zither, guzheng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

箏 (tranh, giành)

1. zither (e.g., Đàn tranh)