zèng

archaic
technical

Meaning of

矰 means ancient arrow tied with silk cord for shooting birds. Pronounced zèng.

  • ancient arrow tied with silk cord for shooting birds

Character Info

Radical
Strokes17
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zèng
shì
zhǒng
zhe
shēng
shéng
de
jiàn
 
yòng
shè
fēi
niǎo
 

The zeng is an arrow tied with raw silk cord, used for shooting flying birds.

dài
liè
rén
shǐ使
yòng
zēng
zhuó
lái
zhuō
shuǐ
niǎo
 

Ancient hunters used zeng and zhuo arrows to catch waterfowl.

guǎn
chén
liè
zhe
dài
zhì
zuò
de
zēng
 

The museum displays anciently crafted zeng arrows.

Relations

Measure Words

/ zhī
Primary
/ zhāng