Radical
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
12
Mandarin
zēng
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
12 strokes
Strokes
17 strokes
Mandarin
zēng

Definitions by reading

zêng1
Mandarin equivalent zēng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zêng1 Chaoyang zêng1 Chenghai zêng1 Jieyang zêng1 Raoping zêng1 Shantou zêng1
①zēng
②古代用来射鸟的拴着丝绳的短箭:“~矢、茀矢,用诸弋射。 ”
③泛指短箭:“帝俊赐羿彤弓素~,以扶下国 。”
④暂代射鸟用的拴丝绳的箭
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English meaning

arrow with attached silk cord

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
精母 一等 開口 登韵 平声 作滕切
Reconstruction:
Original

弋射矢也。