簧 - huáng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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17 strokes
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簧

huáng

Definition

metallic reed
spring of lock

Character Decomposition

Related words (18)

reed (music)

reed pipe

the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument

harmonium

switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)

双簧

shuāng huáng

a form or theatrical double act, popular since Qing times, with one player seated stage front and acting out the poem or song of the second player hidden at the back (also written 雙黄|双黄); double reed (as used in oboe or bassoon); an oboe or bassoon

spring

reeds of a panpipe

old reed wind instrument; (possibly used erroneously for konghou 箜篌 harp or 笙簧 sheng)

绷簧

bēng huáng

spring