懂中文 Dong Chinese

簧

huáng

reed of woodwind instrument

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 黄 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

黄 sound component

黄  Sound component

huáng

  

yellow

Evolution

簧 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
簧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
簧 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
簧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

簧  

huáng

reed of woodwind instrument; metallic reed; spring of lock

Most common words with 簧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

弹簧

spring

簧

metallic reed

双簧

an oboe or bassoon

双簧管

double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon)

巧舌如簧

fig. to have a glib tongue