簧
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reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 竹 +12
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 簧
- Common rank
- #2,275
- Unicode
- U+7C27
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Words with 簧
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如簧之舌 | lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom); fig. a glib tongue | |
| 单簧管 | clarinet | |
| 弹簧门 | swing door | |
| 双簧管 | double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) | |
| 弹簧刀 | flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife | |
| 口簧琴 | Jew's harp | |
| 簧风琴 | harmonium | |
| 巧舌如簧 | lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom); fig. to have a glib tong… | |
| 口簧 | Jew's harp | |
| 唱双簧 | lit. to sing a duet; fig. to collaborate with sb; also used satirically: to play second fi… | |
| 弹簧垫圈 | spring washer | |
| 二簧 | variant of 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2] | |
| 簧管 | reed pipe | |
| 双簧 | a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in… | |
| 簧片 | reed (music) | |
| 弹簧锁 | spring lock | |
| 弹簧 | spring | |
| 簧舌 | the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument | |
| 弹簧秤 | spring balance | |
| 叉簧 | switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 黄 — compare how they read.