竽

free reed mouth organ; free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China

Strokes
9
Pinyin
yú

Parts

Words with 竽

  1. 滥竽làn yú · lanyuindiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)
  2. 吹竽手chuī yú shǒu · chuiyushouplayer of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument)
  3. 滥竽充数làn yú chōng shù · lanyuchongshulit. 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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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences