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Kanji Detail for 龠 - "flute"
龠
- Meaning
龠 means "flute."
Flute - A bamboo flute with three or six holes.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
flute
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
flute; pipe, ancient measure; Kangxi radical 214
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml); ancient flute
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
flute; pipe, ancient measure
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The 籥 of 籥管 (pipes) was originally written as 龠. In ancient times, the pitch-pipe of huang zhong (Yellow Bell) was borrowed as the beginning of the measurement system. It holds twelve hundred grains of millet. Two yue make a ge. Ten ge make a sheng.
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