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磬

qìng

Character

What 磬 means

1. chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone

Words starting with 磬

• 磬竭qìng jiéused up; exhausted; emptied

Words containing 磬

• 编磬biān qìngmusical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck…

Sounds the same

Read qìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 庆to celebrate
• 亲parents-in-law of one's offspring
• 罄to use up; to exhaust; empty
• 箐to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow
• 凊(literary) cold; cool; chilly
• 碃(stone)
• 殸variant of 磬

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