簧 (huáng) · reed (of a wind instrument)

Meanings

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

Characters

簧

huáng

reed; spring

Examples

HSK 7-9

床垫里面有弹簧。

Chuángdiàn lǐmiàn yǒu tánhuáng.

The mattress has springs inside it.

HSK 7-9

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

Related Words

簧片 huángpiàn #35,317

reed (in a musical instrument) / thin metal/wood vibrating strip in clarinets, saxophones, harmonicas, accordions

双簧管 shuānghuángguǎn #29,414

oboe / double-reed wind instrument

弹簧 tánhuáng #11,521

spring (coiled metal)

双簧 shuānghuáng #35,537

a comic duo act (one performer mouths while the hidden one speaks/sings) / double-reed (as in oboe/bassoon) / a coordinated act / put-up job

巧舌如簧 qiǎoshé-rúhuáng #36,475

to have a glib tongue / silver-tongued / to speak with deceptive eloquence

口簧 kǒuhuáng

jaw harp / Jew's harp / mouth harp

绕 rào HSK 5 #2,529

to wind; to coil / to go around; to make a detour / to circle; to revolve around

吹 chuī HSK 4 #1,493

to blow / to play (wind instrument) / to boast

弹 tán HSK 4 #1,388

to pluck; to play (a stringed instrument) / to spring; to bounce; to leap / to shoot (with a catapult); to flick; to flip / to fluff or tease (cotton) / to accuse; to impeach / elastic (of materials)

号 háo #297

to roar / to cry loudly; to wail / to howl (of wind or animals)