Oracle → Bronze Inscriptions → Small Seal Script → Official Script → Regular Script → Running Script
(Shang) (Zhou) (Qin) (Han) (Wei and Jin) Cursive Script
Above The seven fonts of "Jiajin Seal Script, Li Cao Kai Xing" are called "Seven Chinese Characters"
Question 2: The Oracle Bone Inscription Drum of "Drum"
Question 3: Classical Chinese. Drum is What drum
Noun meaning:
1. A knowing word. In the oracle bone glyphs, the left side is the original character for drum, and the right side is "branch" (pū), which means holding a stick to beat the drum. Original meaning: drum, a percussion instrument.
Drum, Guo Ye. The sound of the equinox. ——"Shuowen"
Drum, outline. If you open the skin to expose it, it will be hollow. ——"Release the name? Release the musical instrument"
Beat the drum and boring it. ——"Poetry? Beifeng? Drumming"
Pi said drum. ——"Han Shu? Lu Li Zhi 1"
Holding a jade spear and beating the drum. ——"Chu Ci? Qu Yuan? National Tragedy"
Yu and others followed quickly, and thunder and drums shook. —— Sima Guang's "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" in the Song Dynasty
The music of the bells and drums of the Khotan king among the common people. ——"Mencius? King Hui of Liang"
2. One of the percussion instruments. It is generally composed of a hollow cylinder with leather surfaces stretched tightly at both ends. When struck with a wooden mallet or a pair of mallets, it makes a deep thumping sound.
3. Drum head.
The length of the drum is eight feet, the length of the drum is four feet, and one-third is added to the middle circumference. ——"Zhou Rites"
4. Something that looks like a drum in shape, function, and sound.
5. Refers to the sound of drums.
Looking back, there is a sacred crow drum under the Buddha Temple. —— Xin Qiji, Song Dynasty, "Yongyu Le Jingkou Beigu Pavilion Nostalgia for the Past"
6. The place where the bell chime was struck.
It is called the drum in the middle and the drum in the upper room. ——"Zhou Rites"
Let the two people squat and lean on them, and the leaky drum will be moved to replace it. ——Fang Bao of the Qing Dynasty, "The Anecdotes of Zuo Zhongyi Gong"
Four drums, the face is full and the orifices are booming! ―"Zizhi Tongjian? Tang Ji"
7. The name of an ancient country. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Gu Kingdom was located in Jin County, Hebei Province. A branch of Bai Di was destroyed by the Jin Kingdom.
8. The name of ancient measuring instruments. The four jun are stones, and the four stones are drums.
The person offering the rice plays a measuring drum. ——"Book of Rites"
Verb meaning:
1. To attack with drums.
Drum, drumming. ——"Shuowen"
The general encouraged him. ——"Zuo Zhuan? The Tenth Year of Duke Zhuang"
You have bells and drums, but there are no drums and no tests. ――"Poetry? Tang Feng? Shan You Shu"
Fighting means courage. One burst of energy will lead to failure; three will lead to exhaustion. ——"Zuo Zhuan? Ten Years of Duke Zhuang"
2. Generally refers to percussion; playing.
My king is so good at drumming, why have I reached this extreme! ――"Mencius? King Hui of Liang, Part 1"
Tigers, drums, and harps are playing and Luan is returning to the carriage, and the immortals are lined up like hemp. ——Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, "Sleepwalking in Heaven and Saying Farewell"
3. Open; turn on. Like a drum box: open the book box. Later used to refer to diligent study. Wings: flutter and fly.
4. Waving.
I am a butcher in the market. ——"Historical Records? Biography of Mr. Wei"
5. Shake. Like a drum: rocking an oar. Guji: that is, drum and drum.
6. Incite; encourage. Such as drum order: to encourage; to encourage. Guhe: to encourage; to stir up. Gu Nong: to encourage; to provoke. To use eloquence to incite or lobby. It also generally refers to talking too much and showing off one's eloquence.
7. Inspire. Such as encouragement and encouragement.
8. Beat; vibrate.
Li Yuan thought that he was facing a deep pool, with gentle breeze and strong waves, water and rocks fighting against each other, and the sound was like a loud bell. —— Su Shi, Song Dynasty, "The Story of Shizhong Mountain"
9. To bulge; to grow. Such as bulging belly: protruding belly, later used to describe being full and having nothing to do.
Cheek puffing: Puffing up the cheeks. Describes being busy talking.
10. Fan. Like a blast.
Summary of word meanings:
1. Percussion instrument. Most of them are cylindrical or oblate, with a hollow middle and covered with leather on one or both sides.
2. Generally refers to instrumental music. In ancient times, drums were used to control other musical instruments. The ancients thought that the sound of the group was long, so they were called it.
3. Drum sound.
4. Drum head.
5. The place where the bell was struck.
6. Drumming.
7. It refers to beating the drum to make progress.
8. To strike or play (a musical instrument).
9. Vibration; shaking.
10. Generally refers to knocking or shooting.
11. Waving; dancing.
12. Use a bellows or other fan (wind).
13. (wind) causes expansion.
14. To bulge; to grow.
15. To inspire; to cheer up.
16. Incite; bewitch.
17. Advocate and elevate.
18. The drummer.
19. The shape, function and sound are like drums.
20. Hair accessories that cover the bun.
21. Ancient timing unit. It was called because the drums were played to tell the time.
22. The name of ancient measuring instruments or weighing instruments. There are different opinions on its capacity or weight.
23. Measurement.
24. In ancient times, ten pieces of cloth were called a drum.
25. The name of an ancient country. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Gu Kingdom was located to the west of Jin County, Hebei Province, and was a branch of Bai Di.
26. Pass "blindness". See "Drum Theory". ...>>
Question 4: How many types of drums are there? Drums are one of the oldest musical instruments. Compared with wind instruments, plucked string instruments, and stringed instruments, it is the earliest type of musical instrument to mature. Drums play an important role in the musical activities of primitive tribes. When did the drum come into being? Most of the drum instruments I came across from cultural relics and documents were Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. But the drum was undoubtedly produced earlier than this. In the "Book of Rites? Mingtang Wei", there is a record that "earth drums, 蒉桴, and reeds are the music of the Yiqi family", which reveals that the ancestors used pottery earthen drums in music and dance activities. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period? Ancient Music Chapter" says that Yao's music was "made of leather and fou and drumming". In the life of primitive people, the fou was a pottery vessel for holding food. It was covered with animal skins and became a drum. "Zhou Li? Chun Guan? Chao Zhang": "The palm of the earth drum is a bin chariot." Zheng Xuan notes: "Du Zichunyun, the earth drum has a tile frame and leather as two sides, so it can be struck." This is about the use of leather drums. early records. It can be seen that our ancestors have mastered the production and use of drum instruments very early. The Taosi drum was found in the Xia culture ruins of Taosi in Xiangfen, Shanxi. This is consistent with the record in the Book of Songs Daya Lingtai that "the drums meet each other" and the Lu Shi Chun Qiu records that Zhuan Xu "made Xianxian happy to advocate it. Xian Nai" "Yan sleeps, its tail drums its belly, and its pronunciation is Yingying", which proves that the use of leather drums has a long history. In the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty, the word drum is written as " ", which is similar to the shape of drums from the Shang and Zhou dynasties that are preserved as bronzes today. By the Zhou Dynasty, drum instruments were more developed. According to Mr. Yang Yinliu's statistics, there are more than thirty kinds of drums recorded in the Zhou Dynasty. As the "leader of the group's sound", drums were used in rituals at shrines, shrines and in battles. In sacrificial ceremonies, drums used the sound of thunder to symbolize spring thunder, stimulating the growth of all things; in military expeditions, drums were used to boost the morale of generals and soldiers, and to awe all around. Because of this, Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty interpreted "Le" as the pictographic character for drum instruments in my country's first philological work "Shuowen Jiezi", which reflected the role of drum instruments in ancient music activities from one aspect. important position. In ancient my country, musical instruments were divided into eight categories based on their pronunciation materials, the so-called "eight tones": gold, stone, silk, bamboo, gourd, earth, leather, and wood. Among them, leather refers to drum instruments, such as foot drum, jian drum, hanging drum, harpoon drum, thunder drum and so on. Ancient drums, except for the earliest pottery drums, were mostly wooden drums made of hollow logs covered with animal skins. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were frequent musical and cultural exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions. Foreign music types such as Qiuci music, Shule music, Gaochang music, and Tianzhu music were gradually introduced to the Central Plains. Among them, "Jiegu" was one of these music types. An important percussion instrument.
Due to the high pitch and penetrating power of Jiegu, Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, regarded him as the leader of the eight tones. In the palace Yan music, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty often played the Jiegu drum himself to make peace. Many nobles were also good at it, and playing the Jiegu drum became a temporary fashion. Jiegu drums in the Tang Dynasty not only reached a high level in performance skills, but also produced many works. For example, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty composed dozens of Jiegu drum solos, among which the more famous ones include "Raining Bells" and so on. When Li Bai described the performance of Jiegu in his poem, he wrote: "The flowers are falling in the long rain, and the music is noisy in the sky. The sky corridor vibrates the drum, and the four corners call the kite." Bai Juyi wrote in "The Dance of Colorful Feathers": "The sound is complex. "Twelve times in a hurry, dancing beads can shake the jade." This is the most outstanding description of Jiegu's urgent sound and strong musical expression. In the Dunhuang murals, Yungang Grottoes and other historical preserved figures of musicians, we can see the gestures of waist drum musicians playing drums and playing music. There are many types of waist drums. The waist drum instruments often mentioned in Yan music in the Sui and Tang Dynasties include Mao drum, Dutan drum, stick drum, Zheng drum, Japanese drum, etc. The drum frames of waist drums are either made of wood or made of porcelain clay. It is said that "the big ones are made of tiles, and the small ones are made of wood, both with wide heads and slim abdomens" (Chen D's "Book of Music"). The waist drum is mostly made of leather at both ends of the drum frame, and leather strips are used to pull the drums across and tighten them. When struck, the sound is loud and penetrating. The waist drum can be expressed in different ways. You can sit on the floor in a musical band and beat the drum surface with both hands to accompany the music and dance. You can also hang the waist drum on your chest and dance while playing during banquets and music. According to its priority, it mobilizes the dance. The sense of rhythm in the hearts of readers and viewers. Bai Juyi described Hu Xuan's music at that time as "the heart responds to the strings and the hands respond to the drums" which just illustrates the interdependence of melody and rhythm. From a macro perspective of the development of drum music, if traditional drum music has achieved a very prosperous development in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, then, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with the introduction of waist drum instruments from the Western Regions, it has also led to the development of drum music in our country. A prosperous time. During the long development process of feudal society, various types of percussion music with different styles and wide distribution were successively formed.
For example, "Shifan Drum", "Shifan Luogu", "Shifan Xiaogu" and other forms popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang... >>
Question 5: How many characters are there for drum? Phonetic characters? The word "gu" is not polyphonic, but it has many uses. Please refer to~
GU gǔ
- English translation
Chinese explanation of GU
The following results are provided by the dictionary explanation of Han Dictionary
Radical strokes
Radical: Drum outer strokes: 0 Total strokes: 13
Wubi 86: FKUC Wubi 98 :FKUC Cangjie: GTJE
Stroke number: 1212514311254 Corner number: 44147 Unicode: CJK Unified Chinese character U+9F13
Basic meaning
1. Percussion instrument, cylinder Shape, hollow, covered at both ends: Yue (yuè). Horn (jiǎo)..
2. Shape, sound, and function like a drum:..
3. Percussion Or beat to make a sound: blow, noise.
4. To activate, to cheer up: to encourage, move, dance, and make a sound.
5. To raise, to bulge: include . swell.
6. In ancient times, drums were beaten at night to tell the time, and one drum was an update.
Detailed meaning
〈Name〉
1. (Understanding. The shape of the oracle bone characters, the left side is the original character for drum, and the right side is "branch" (pū), which means holding a stick to beat the drum. The original meaning is: drum, a percussion instrument)
2. Same as Original meaning [drum]
Drum, Guo Ye. The sound of the vernal equinox. - "Shuowen"
Drum, Kuo Ye. The skin is exposed to expose it, and it is hollow. - "Shi Ming? Shi Musical Instruments"
Beat the drum and boring it. - "Poetry? Beifeng? Beat the Drum"
Pi said the drum. - "Han Shu? Rhythm and Chronicles" "Part 1"
Holding a jade spear and beating the drum. - "Songs of Chu? Qu Yuan? National War"
Yu and others followed Qing Rui, and the thunder and drum were shaken. - Song? Sima Guang's "Zizhi Tongjian"
The music of the bells and drums of the common people, King Khotan. - "Mencius, King Hui of Liang"
3. One of the percussion instruments. General It is composed of a hollow cylinder with leather surfaces stretched tightly at both ends. When struck with a mallet or a pair of mallets, it makes a deep thumping sound. For example: drum cymbals (drums and cymbals, percussion instruments); drum @ (instrument, minute Large drums and small drums, used to encourage soldiers when marching); drum officials (officials who beat drums); drum bed (drum stand, drum base)
4. Drum head
The drum is eight in length Chi, the drum is four feet, plus one-third of the middle circumference. - "Zhou Rites"
5. Something that has a shape, function, and sound like a drum. Such as: stone drum; ear drum; frog drum
p>6. The sound of finger drums
Looking back, under the Buddha’s Temple, there is a sacred crow drum. - Song Dynasty? p>
7. The place where the chime was struck [stricken point]
Later it was called the place, and above it it was called the drum. - "Zhou Rites"
Make the two people squat and lean on them, and the leaky drum will be moved. - Qing Dynasty? Fang Bao's "The Anecdotes of Zuo Zhongyi Gong"
The four drums, the face orifice. - "Zizhi Tongjian" ?Tang Ji"
8. The name of the ancient country. The Gu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, in Jin County, Hebei Province today, a branch of Bai Di was destroyed by the Jin State [Gu state]
9. The name of ancient measuring instruments. The four jun are stones and the four stones are drums [Gu, a kind of measure]
Those who offer rice use measuring drums. - "Book of Rites"
〈motion〉
1. Attack with drums [drum]
Drum, also known as drum beating. - "Shuowen"
The general will drum it. ——"Zuo Zhuan? The Tenth Year of Duke Zhuang"
The son has bells and drums, but the drums are not tested. ——"Poetry? Tang Feng? The Mountain Has a Pivot"
The husband fights, Courage is also a matter of strength. It will fail again and again; it will be exhausted after three times. - "Zuo Zhuan? Ten Years of Duke Zhuang"
> 2. Another example: Drum march (during ancient battles, the troops marched with drums and stopped when they sounded the zheng, so the march was called drum march); Drum danger (when the enemy was in danger, drums were beaten to attack)
The tiger drums and the harp are playing, and the luan is returning to the carriage, and the immortals are coming to line up like hemp. - Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, "Sleepwalking Tianmu chants to leave a farewell"
4. Another example: singing with belly drum (shooting) Singing on the belly. It means eating full and praising the good things in the world.); bulging the belly and sucking food (holding food in the mouth and patting the belly with the hands. Describing a happy life of being full all day long and doing nothing); Gufou (beating the fou)
5. Open, open [open]. For example: drum box (open a book box. Later used to refer to diligent study); drum wings (flapping wings to fly)
6. wave [brandish]
I am a butcher with a drum knife in the market. - "Historical Records? Biography of Mr. Wei"
7. Such as: drum knife (wielding the butcher knife to kill animals and cut meat)
8. Shake[ row]. Such as: drum (rocking oars); drum (i.e. drum)
9. Incite, agitate [agitate; arouse]. Such as: drum order (encourage, encourage); drum together (to instigate; to instigate); to instigate (to instigate; to provoke); to waggle (to describe the use of eloquence to incite or lobby. It also generally refers to talking too much and showing off one's eloquence)
10. to stimulate [rouse; pluck up]. Such as: encourage; encourage
11. Beat; vibrate [...>>
Question 6: Is drum a polyphonic word? The word "gu" is not polyphonic, but it has many uses. Please refer to~
GU gǔ
Chinese explanation - English translation
Chinese explanation of GU
< p> The following results are provided by the Chinese Dictionary DictionaryRadical strokes
Radical: Drum outer strokes: 0 Total strokes: 13
Wubi 86: FKUC Wubi 98: FKUC Cangjie: GTJE
Stroke order number: 1212514311254 Four-corner number: 44147 Unicode: CJK Unified Chinese character U+9F13
Basic meaning
1. Percussion instrument , cylindrical, hollow, covered at both ends: ~乐(yuè). ~ Corner (jiǎo). Big~.
2. The shape, sound and function of a drum: ear~. Stone ~.
3. Hit or slap to make a sound: ~ blow. ~Noise.
4. To activate, to cheer up: ~ encourage. ~Move. ~Dance. 1~ Be angry.
5. Raised, protruding: ~ package. ~ Swelling.
6. In ancient times, drums were beaten at night to tell the time, and one drum equaled one watch.
Detailed meanings
〈Name〉
1. (Understanding. The shape of the oracle bone characters, the left side is the original character for drum, and the right side is "branch" (pū), Indicates holding a stick to beat a drum. Original meaning: drum, a beating instrument)
2. Same as the original meaning [drum]
Drum, also known as Guo. The sound of the equinox. ——"Shuowen"
Drum, outline. If you open the skin to expose it, it will be hollow. ——"Release the name? Release the musical instrument"
Beat the drum and boring it. ——"Poetry? Beifeng? Drumming"
Pi said drum. ——"Han Shu? Lu Li Zhi 1"
Holding a jade spear and beating the drum. ——"The Songs of Chu? Qu Yuan? National Tragedy"
Yu and other leaders followed suit, and thunder and drums were shaken. —— Sima Guang's "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" in the Song Dynasty
The music of the bells and drums of the Khotan king among the common people. ——"Mencius? King Hui of Liang"
3. One of the percussion instruments. It is generally composed of a hollow cylinder with leather surfaces stretched tightly at both ends. When struck with a wooden mallet or a pair of mallets, it makes a deep thumping sound. Such as: drum cymbals (drums and cymbals.
percussion instrument); drum @ (musical instrument, divided into big drum and small drum, used to encourage soldiers when marching); drum official (official who claps the drum); drum bed (drum stand, drum base)
4. Drum head
The length of the drum is eight feet, the length of the drum is four feet, and one third is added to the middle circumference. ――"Zhou Li"
5. Something that has a shape, function, and sound like a drum. Such as: stone drum; ear drum; frog drum
6. Finger drum sound
Looking back, under the Buddha and Li Temple, there is a sacred crow drum. —— Xin Qiji, Song Dynasty, "Yongyu Le? Nostalgia for the Past in Guting, Bei Jingkou"
7. The place where the bell chime was struck [stricken point]
Later, it was called Yu, in It's called a drum. ——"Zhou Rites"
Let the two people squat and lean on them, and the leaky drum will be moved. ——Fang Bao, Qing Dynasty, "The Anecdotes of Zuo Zhongyi Gong"
Four drums, the face is full and the orifices are booming! ―"Zizhi Tongjian? Tang Ji"
8. The name of an ancient country. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Gu State was located in Jin County, Hebei Province. A branch of Bai Di was destroyed by the Jin State [Gu state]
9. The name of ancient measuring instruments. The four jun are stones, and the four stones are drums [Gu, a kind of measure]
The person who offers rice plays the measuring drum. ――"Book of Rites"
〈motion〉
1. Drum attack [drum]
Drum, also known as drumming. ——"Shuowen"
The general encouraged him. ——"Zuo Zhuan? The Tenth Year of Duke Zhuang"
You have bells and drums, but there are no drums and no tests. ――"Poetry? Tang Feng? Shan You Shu"
Fighting means courage. One burst of energy will lead to failure; three will lead to exhaustion. ——"Zuo Zhuan? The Tenth Year of Duke Zhuang"
2. Another example: Drum March (during ancient battles, the troops marched with drums and stopped when they sounded the zheng, so the march was called Drum March); Drum Risk ( When the enemy is in danger, beat the drum to attack)
3. Generally refers to knocking, playing [beat; strike; sound]
My king is so good at drumming, why should I use it? I am at this extreme! - "Mencius: King Hui of Liang"
The tiger and the drum are playing, and the luan is returning to the carriage, and the immortals are lined up like hemp. ——Tang Dynasty Li Bai's "Sleepwalking Tianmu Yin Farewell"
4. Another example: belly-bulging singing (slapping the belly and singing. It means eating well and praising the good things in the world); belly-bulging and sucking (taking food in the mouth, Patting the belly with the hand. Describing a happy life of being full and doing nothing; Gufou (beating the fou)
5. Open, open [open]. Such as: drum basket (open a bookcase. Later used to refer to diligent study); drum wings (flutter and fly)
6. wave [brandish]
Chen Nai Shi Jing Gu Dao Tu who. ――"Historical Records? Biography of Mr. Wei"
7. For example: drum knife (wielding a butcher knife to kill animals and cut meat)
8. Shake [row]. Such as: drum (rocking the oar); drum (i.e. drum)
9. Incite, agitate [agitate; arouse]. Such as: Gu Ling (encourage, encourage); Gu He (encourage; provoke); Gu Nong (encourage; provoke); drum lips and tongue (describe the use of...>>
Question 7 : A brief summary of the ancient way of transmitting information through drumming
The use of sound to convey information has long existed in ancient my country. According to the records on the oracle bones unearthed in the Yin Ruins, it is the earliest organized communication. The activity is to use drums to report the military situation on the border with sound. In the oracle bone inscriptions about the border guards reporting military situation to the emperor in the Pan Geng period of the Yin Dynasty, there is the word "laigu", which means "beating the drum to convey the order". According to research, most of the powerful enemies in the Yin and Shang Dynasties were in the west and north. The Shang king not only sent heavy troops to guard the borders, but also set up large drums made of copper with a diameter of 2 to 3 meters and placed them high. There are soldiers waiting on the stand. Once there is an enemy situation, the drum guards immediately beat the big drum and express different contents through the interval rhythm of the drums, one station after another, quickly reporting the urgent military situation of foreign enemy invasion. Report to the emperor.
During the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period, there were numerous vassal states and small states. This method of using drums to transmit information became the main means of combat communication. It effectively played the role of communication and liaison, ensuring that all countries could jointly defend in time and respond to the enemy together. enemy. The book "Han Feizi" records this story: King Chu Li was drunk once and beat the drum. The soldiers and civilians in the city took up weapons and gathered in front of the palace gate. King Chu Li suddenly woke up and quickly told everyone that this was a disaster. False alarm. In ancient my country, "beating drums to march" and "beating gold to withdraw troops" were used to direct wars. When fighting with chariots, drums are hung across the chariots of the general and generals at all levels, and the remaining chariots must charge according to the sound of the drums of the general. The intention and rhythm of the charge are expressed through neat and heavy drum beats, and the order to retreat is conveyed by the sound of metal gongs that can penetrate the entire battlefield.
Question 8: How to write the stroke order of drum in the word "gu"
Horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold, horizontal, dot, left, lift, horizontal, vertical , horizontal stroke/horizontal hook, 捺,
Horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold, horizontal, dot, flip, lift, horizontal, vertical, horizontal stroke/horizontal hook, 捺,
Horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold, horizontal, point, left, lift, horizontal, vertical, horizontal left/horizontal hook, hold,
Question 9: About the word "drum" Various fonts of characters, oracle bone script, traditional Chinese characters, etc.,,,,, I have written various fonts and have sent them to you. I hope you are satisfied with the factory
Oracle bone script → Bronze script → Xiaozhuan → Official script → Regular Script→ Running Script
(Shang) (Zhou) (Qin) (Han) (Wei and Jin) Cursive Script
The above seven fonts of "Jiajin Seal, Li Cao Kaixing" are called "Seven Chinese Characters"
Question 10: How to write the traditional Chinese character for drum? How to write the traditional Chinese character for drum (GU)
What is the QQ traditional Chinese character for drum (| GU)
p>The pinyin of drum / the phonetic symbol of drum is gǔ
The meaning of drum is (1) (name) (~ son) percussion instrument; mostly barrel-shaped or oblate; hollow in the middle; Covered with leather on one or both sides: copper ~ | hand ~ | large ~ | flower ~.
(2) (Noun) The shape, sound, and function of a drum: stone ~ | frog ~ | ear ~.
(3) (action) to make certain instruments or things make sounds; knock: ~qin|~palm.
(4) (verb) use a bellows to fan (wind): ~ wind.
(5) (move) to activate; to inspire: ~ move | ~ encourage | ~ dance | ~ take courage | ~ be motivated.
(6) (verb) raised; swollen: he kept his mouth shut for a long time without making a sound | his pockets were full.