竽

yú

Radical: ⺮ pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

竽 decomposes into the following components:

⺮ 于

Semantic component: ⺮; phonetic component: 于.

Words containing 竽

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 竽.

滥竽
làn yú
indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)
吹竽手
chuī yú shǒu
player of the yu 竽 (free reed mouth organ)
滥竽充数
làn yú chōng shù
lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom)

Related characters (radical ⺮)

Characters that share the radical ⺮.

⺮ 劄 竹 竺 竿 笃 笄 笆 笈 笊 笋 笏 笑 笔 笕 笙 笛 笞 笠 笤 笥 符 笨 笪

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