Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 爭 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ʔsreːŋ | |
| Unicode | jrɛng |
說文解字
鼓弦竹身樂也。从竹爭聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)