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Kanji Detail for 簫 - "panpipe, bow notch"
簫
- Meaning
簫 means "panpipe, bow notch."
Panpipe - A wind instrument made of bamboo pipes of varying lengths.
Bow notch - The notch at each end of a bow for the string.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pan pipes; flute
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
musical instrument like pan-pipes, bamboo flute
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
bamboo flute
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A musical instrument. Anciently made of bound bamboo tubes. Large ones have twenty-four tubes. Small ones have sixteen tubes. Those without a bottom. Are called 洞簫. Note: today's xiao. Is actually the ancient vertical flute. | The tip of a bow is called 簫. Also written as 弰.
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