瑟
Radical: 玉
meaning for 瑟 sè:
- - a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌 , with 5-25 stringstrembling
- - rustlingto rustle in the air
- - to rustle
- - to sough
- - bleak
- - desolate
- - chillyto curl up shivering (from cold)
- - timid and trembling (in fear)
- - to shrink
- - to cowerqin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony
- - marital harmonyJoseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China