. . "The trapezoidal yangqin (simplified Chinese: \u626C\u7434; traditional Chinese: \u63DA\u7434; pinyin: y\u00E1ngq\u00EDn) is a Chinese hammered dulcimer, originally from Persia (modern-day Iran). It used to be written with the characters \u6D0B\u7434 (lit. \"foreign zither\"), but over time the first character changed to \u63DA (also pronounced \"y\u00E1ng\"), which means \"acclaimed\". It is also spelled yang quin or yang ch'in."@en .