懂中文 Dong Chinese

筝

zhēng

stringed musical instrument

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 争 represents the sound. Simplified form of 箏.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

争 sound component

争  Sound component

zhēng

  

strife, quarrel

Evolution

筝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
筝 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
筝 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

筝 (箏) 

zhēng

stringed musical instrument; kite; guzheng or long zither; long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times; Japanese koto

Most common words with 筝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

风筝

kite

古筝

zither or guzheng

筝

Japanese koto

断线风筝

a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall