竽

Since we have mentioned 竽 while we studied 于, let us quickly re-visit the meaning of 竽. From the character itself - 竽, it is obviously composed of upper part 𥫗 (which we have known to be radical bamboo), and bottom part 于 which we just knew to be a Chinese music instrument originally.

As regarding to 竹, please refer to previous post https://xiongzou.blogspot.com/2016/04/learn-one-chinese-character-day_8.html and 箭 at https://xiongzou.blogspot.com/2016/06/learn-one-chinese-character-day_25.html to re-gain the knowledge.

Simple enough for our character 竽 today is that: 𥫗 is added to 于 to represent the music instrument after 于 was borrowed to represent other meanings. So 竽 is as shown below:

竽

And we can double confirm it with its ancient scripts:

evolution history of 竽

That is all for 竽, time to enjoy a Chinese calligraphy with 竽 inside:

众里笙竽谁比数；
胸中云梦自逶迟。