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簧

huáng
noun #39,154

Meanings

  1. 1 reed (of a wind instrument)
  2. 2 spring; coil

Examples

床垫里面有弹簧。
Chuángdiàn lǐmiàn yǒu tánhuáng.
The mattress has springs inside it.
他很会巧舌如簧，别被骗了。
Tā hěn huì qiǎoshérúhuáng, bié bèi piàn le.
He is good with sweet, deceptive talk; don't be fooled.

Tips

usage
Two everyday senses: the mechanical 弹簧 (spring/coil), and the musical reed inside instruments like the 笙. The idiom 巧舌如簧 likens a glib tongue to a vibrating reed.

Components

radical
⺮ zhú
bamboo (top-form radical of 竹)
The bamboo-cap radical (top form of 竹) sits on top because the original reeds were thin slips of bamboo inside wind instruments.
phonetic
黄 huáng
yellow
Below, 黄 supplies the sound directly, with no shift in reading. It is purely the phonetic element.

Stroke Order

簧 huáng