qìng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a stone chime (ancient percussion instrument of hanging stone or jade slabs)

Examples

Sìmiào lǐ, héshang qiāo qìng, shēngyīn qīng yuè yōu yuǎn.
In the temple a monk struck the stone chime, and the sound was clear and far-reaching.
Gǔdài lǐyuè zhōng, qìng hé biānzhōng yìqǐ yǎnzòu.
Stone chimes and bronze bells were played together in ancient ritual music.

Tips

culture
A is a row of tuned stone or jade slabs struck like a xylophone, central to ancient Chinese ritual music alongside the bronze bell set 编钟. Buddhist temples still use a small bowl-shaped .

Components

radical
shí
stone
is the stone radical at the bottom, telling you the instrument is made of carved stone.
phonetic
qìng
a hand striking a hanging chime
The top is a hand holding a mallet beside a hanging frame; it both pictures the act of striking a chime and supplies the qìng sound for .

Stroke Order

qìng