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Kanji Detail for 柷 - "zhu"
柷
- Meaning
柷 means "zhu."
Zhu - A musical instrument; a hollow square wooden box struck inside with a mallet; used to begin musical pieces.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
instrument
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
instrument
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A musical instrument. Shaped like a wooden cabinet. At the start of music, the zhu is struck to begin. At the end, the yu is scraped to stop.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
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