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筝

zhēng

Character Traditional 箏

What 筝 means

1. see {古筝|gǔ zhēng}

Example sentences

• 他擅长放风筝。
  He's good at flying kites.
• 让我们放风筝。
  Let's fly a kite.
• 孩子们在放风筝。
  The children were flying kites.
• 我的风筝在哪里？
  Where are my kites?
• 有一只风筝在树上。
  There is a kite flying above the tree.
• 每年滨松有风筝节。
  Each year Hamamatsu has a kite festival.

Words containing 筝

• 风筝fēng zhengkite…
• 古筝gǔ zhēngguzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴
• 朝鲜筝Cháo xiǎn zhēnggayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)
• 断线风筝duàn xiàn fēng zhēnga kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
• 风筝冲浪fēng zheng chōng làngkitesurfing

Characters built on 争

These share the phonetic component 争 (zhēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 狰zhēngused in 狰狞
• 铮zhēngclang of metals; small gong
• 峥zhēngused in 峥嵘
• 诤zhèngto admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly

Characters that look like 筝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 尊zūnsenior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense
• 粤YuèCantonese; short name for Guangdong 广东
• 幂mì(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
• 萼ècalyx of a flower

Sounds the same

Read zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 征journey; trip; expedition
• 睁to open (one's eyes)
• 蒸to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 怔(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 正first month of the lunar year
• 挣used in 挣扎
• 症abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
• 铮clang of metals; small gong
• 丁used in 丁丁
• 狰used in 狰狞
• 钲gong used to halt troops