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Kanji Detail for 匏 - "gourd, instrument"
匏
- Meaning
匏 means "gourd, instrument."
Gourd - A calabash; a plant of the Cucurbitaceae family.
Instrument - Wind instruments like the sheng or yu.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
gourd
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
gourd; musical instrument
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
gourd; musical instrument
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A type of gourd. The fruit is round, large, and flat. When dried, can be used as a container. (Analects) "Am I a gourd? How can I hang without being eaten?" Colloquially, being appointed but not used is called 匏繫, originating from this, meaning set aside and useless. | One of the eight sounds. Instruments like 笙 (sheng) and 竽 (yu). In old times, gourds were used as bases, hence the name.
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