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Kanji Detail for 笙 - "a reed instrument"

笙

  • Meaning

    笙 means "a reed instrument."

    1. Reed organ - A traditional wind instrument.

    2. Sheng - A Chinese mouth organ.

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    • Verified meaning: a reed instrument
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しょう, しょうの)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 笙

    Given names 笙(しょう)Listen 笙(しょうの)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    a reed instrument

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    small gourd-shaped musical instrument

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    free reed mouth organ

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A musical instrument. Anciently made from a gourd. Altogether thirteen pipes. Pipes arranged in a gourd. Reeds installed at the pipe ends. Blown to produce sound. | A mat. 桃笙. Refers to a mat made of peach bamboo.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fue(ふえ) ふえ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    reed organ sheng delicate bamboo breath harmony instrument melody mouth music sound tone traditional wind orchestra

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