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Keyword
reed
  • lock
  • metal spring
Frequency
#3063
Strokes
17
Readings
huáng
Mnemonic
⺮ (bamboo) gives the meaning and 黄 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
簧huáng
reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
簧片huángpiàn
reed (music)
双簧shuānghuáng
a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing; double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)
双簧管shuānghuángguǎn
double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon)
巧舌如簧qiǎoshérúhuáng
lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom); fig. to have a glib tongue
弹簧刀tánhuángdāo
flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife
唱双簧chàngshuānghuáng
lit. to sing a duet; fig. to collaborate with sb; also used satirically: to play second fiddle to
笙簧shēnghuáng
reeds of a panpipe