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Kanji Detail for 簧 - "reed, mouth organ"
簧
- Meaning
簧 means "reed, mouth organ."
Reed - A thin vibrating strip in a wind instrument that produces sound.
Mouth organ - A reed pipe instrument.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
flute reed
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
reed of woodwind instrument
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
reed; lock, metal spring
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Thin leaves inside mouth organ tubes. Made of copper pieces. Blown to produce sound. Now organs also use them. | Musical sound. Such as saying 絲簧 (stringed music), 幽簧 (subtle music), and such. All pleasing sounds are often called 簧. (Book of Odes) "Clever words are like a reed." Now saying deceiving people with words is 簧鼓 (playing the reed). Based on this. | Mechanical parts with elasticity are called 簧. Such as lock springs, coil springs.
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