瑟

sè

a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings

Radical: 王 Strokes: 13

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Same radical

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Character Decomposition

瑟=玨+必

Etymology

guitar strings

Meanings

a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings

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Words with 瑟 97 total

to quiver · to shiver · to tremble抖瑟dǒu sè trembling · rustling瑟瑟sè sè to curl up shivering (from cold) · timid and trembling (in fear) · to shrink · to cower瑟缩sè suō to shiver · to tremble瑟索sè suǒ qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony · marital harmony琴瑟qín sè to rustle in the air · to rustle · to sough · bleak · desolate · chilly萧瑟xiāo sè (name) Arthur亚瑟Yà sè (dialect) cocky; smug · to show off得瑟dè se Moses (Catholic translation) · also 摩西 (Protestant translation)梅瑟Méi sè Taser (electroshock weapon)泰瑟Tài sè (loanword) loser卢瑟lú sè Joseph (name)约瑟Yuē sè Joseph (biblical name)若瑟Ruò sè Jesse (name)叶瑟Yè sè (name) Arthur阿瑟A1 sè

Idioms with 瑟 13 total Chain

lit. to glue the tuning peg and play the zither (idiom) · fig. to be rigid and inflexible; to stick to old methods without adapting胶柱鼓瑟jiāo zhù gǔ sè out of tune · marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony琴瑟不调qín sè bù tiáo

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