瑟
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a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 玉 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 瑟
- Common rank
- #1,782
- Unicode
- U+745F
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Formation & memory
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How 瑟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
玨 meaning “guitar strings” + 必 sound ()
How to remember it
Chinese harp · Heisig RSH #1824
ball + 必 certainly
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 瑟
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟 | General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 … | |
| 约瑟夫·斯大林 | Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator | |
| 斯密约瑟 | Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement | |
| 麦克阿瑟 | General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 … | |
| 圣约瑟夫 | Saint Joseph | |
| 亚瑟士 | ASICS (Japanese footwear brand) | |
| 泰瑟尔岛 | Texel island, Netherlands | |
| 亚瑟王 | King Arthur | |
| 上艾瑟尔 | Overijssel, province of the Netherlands | |
| 琴瑟不调 | out of tune; marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marita… | |
| 瓦德瑟 | Vadsø (city in Finnmark, Norway) | |
| 约瑟夫 | Joseph (name) | |
| 李约瑟 | Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in C… | |
| 亚瑟 | (name) Arthur | |
| 阿瑟 | (name) Arthur | |
| 得瑟 | (dialect) cocky; smug; to show off | |
| 希尔弗瑟姆 | Hilversum, city in Netherlands | |
| 泰瑟枪 | Taser (electroshock weapon) | |
| 约瑟 | Joseph (name) | |
| 琴瑟和鸣 | in perfect harmony; in sync; lit. qin and se sing in harmony |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 必 — compare how they read.