Read Edit View history Discussion 箏 zhēng stringed musical instrument Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 爭 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 筝 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint ⺮ is a component form of 竹. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 箏 Simp strokes 箏 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 箏 Simp strokes 箏 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 箏 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 321, 839 ], [ 346, 805 ], [ 320, 745 ], [ 300, 709 ], [ 256, 654 ], [ 202, 610 ] ], [ [ 353, 749 ], [ 483, 775 ], [ 512, 773 ] ], [ [ 360, 699 ], [ 409, 667 ], [ 423, 642 ] ], [ [ 603, 874 ], [ 626, 839 ], [ 609, 801 ], [ 553, 717 ], [ 510, 682 ] ], [ [ 628, 771 ], [ 778, 800 ], [ 815, 799 ] ], [ [ 657, 723 ], [ 707, 694 ], [ 729, 662 ] ], [ [ 648, 640 ], [ 589, 656 ], [ 495, 611 ], [ 394, 578 ], [ 300, 557 ] ], [ [ 312, 529 ], [ 360, 488 ], [ 370, 460 ] ], [ [ 458, 559 ], [ 504, 509 ] ], [ [ 636, 600 ], [ 658, 571 ], [ 605, 498 ], [ 588, 490 ] ], [ [ 297, 416 ], 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619 768 Q 658 747 709 762 Q 754 771 799 781 Q 821 785 824 789 Q 831 796 827 805 Q 820 815 792 822 Q 762 826 688 802 Q 661 798 635 792 C 606 785 592 781 619 768 Z", "M 673 693 Q 716 650 729 650 Q 738 650 741 661 Q 745 671 738 695 Q 734 708 713 718 Q 665 736 652 731 Q 648 727 649 717 Q 652 710 673 693 Z", "M 550 665 Q 484 620 298 562 Q 292 555 297 552 Q 328 543 537 605 Q 573 623 637 629 Q 652 628 656 634 Q 660 644 651 654 Q 635 670 597 690 Q 584 697 572 698 Q 565 695 564 686 Q 563 673 550 665 Z", "M 322 498 Q 355 452 368 449 Q 375 448 381 457 Q 387 467 384 491 Q 383 504 364 516 Q 319 541 308 538 Q 304 537 303 526 Q 304 517 322 498 Z", "M 449 545 Q 479 494 501 491 Q 514 488 522 505 Q 525 518 517 538 Q 510 550 493 556 Q 468 569 456 571 Q 447 572 446 562 Q 443 555 449 545 Z", "M 608 484 Q 624 497 636 507 Q 687 552 696 558 Q 712 570 701 583 Q 688 596 663 605 Q 641 614 630 610 Q 620 606 625 596 Q 631 569 580 481 Q 579 477 578 474 C 572 455 585 465 608 484 Z", "M 696 274 Q 706 314 718 340 L 742 387 Q 755 409 773 422 Q 791 441 775 461 Q 757 476 701 503 Q 682 512 659 503 Q 632 493 608 484 L 578 474 Q 451 441 303 427 Q 285 426 287 415 Q 290 406 310 400 Q 337 387 375 400 Q 424 410 474 419 L 518 427 Q 653 460 671 443 Q 683 431 679 406 Q 675 391 672 375 L 662 336 Q 655 311 647 285 C 638 256 688 245 696 274 Z", "M 496 347 Q 315 323 105 296 Q 83 293 100 275 Q 115 260 134 255 Q 156 249 174 254 Q 354 308 500 319 L 555 327 Q 604 333 662 336 L 718 340 Q 799 346 899 347 Q 990 347 996 357 Q 1002 370 984 385 Q 924 428 853 409 Q 804 400 742 387 L 672 375 Q 615 368 552 356 L 496 347 Z", "M 507 255 Q 387 233 289 222 Q 267 221 280 200 Q 287 190 299 186 Q 311 182 326 186 Q 393 202 510 216 L 563 223 Q 627 230 706 238 Q 718 239 719 249 Q 719 256 696 274 L 647 285 Q 640 285 633 283 Q 594 274 560 266 L 507 255 Z", "M 474 419 Q 492 392 496 347 L 500 319 Q 504 289 507 255 L 510 216 Q 516 69 489 24 Q 488 18 481 16 Q 468 13 393 31 Q 384 32 382 29 Q 381 25 389 16 Q 444 -41 474 -82 Q 484 -95 491 -95 Q 501 -94 521 -76 Q 567 -36 568 110 Q 564 216 563 223 L 560 266 Q 557 309 555 327 L 552 356 Q 551 374 551 388 Q 551 409 538 416 Q 528 423 518 427 C 492 441 460 445 474 419 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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