懂中文 Dong Chinese

箏

zhēng

stringed musical instrument

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 爭 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

爭 sound component

爭  Sound component

zhēng

  

strife, quarrel

Evolution

箏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
箏 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 箏
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