风筝 (fēng zheng) — kite | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

kite

Measure word · 只

筝。
Chūn tiān shì fàng fēng zheng de hǎo jì jié.
Spring is a good season for flying kites.
风筝。
Tā mǎi le yí gè hú dié xíng zhuàng de fēng zheng.
She bought a kite shaped like a butterfly.
，风筝。
Fēng tài dà le, fēng zheng chà diǎn bèi chuī zǒu.
The wind was so strong the kite almost got blown away.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

筝zhēngzither

“风” and “筝” combine to name a kite, originally because it sounded like a zither in the wind.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 箏; 筝 is its simplified writing.

竹爭箏

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

爭

爭zhēng箏zhēng

Same sound today

For 筝, the traditional form 箏 pairs 竹 (bamboo) with 爭, which gives the sound.

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