"竽" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 6
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Strokes 9
Structure
Decomp. 竹二亅
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Prononciation
Mandarin
Entry Methods
Pinyin yu2
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Cangjie
HMD
竹一木
Sijiao 8840.1
Wubi TGFJ
CNS 11643 1-5275
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+7AFD
GB2312 F3C4
BIG5 ACF2
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 yú free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China
Approximate Results for 竽
 làn yú indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification) / see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数[lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4]
 chuī yú shǒu player of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument)
 làn yú chōng shù lit. to play the yu 竽 / mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom) / fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group
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