笙

Han character

 * 1) a sheng; a hand-held free-reed mouth organ made from a dried gourd and 13 or more bamboo pipes

Glyph origin
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Etymology
From ; cognate with, , 🇨🇬 (STEDT).

Definitions



 * 1)  sheng

Etymology 1


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From. The goon reading, so likely the original reading as first borrowed from 🇨🇬. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

The shō was developed from the Chinese  that was introduced to Japan during the.

Noun

 * 1) a free-reed woodwind musical instrument used in Japanese court music, consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe

Etymology 2
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From. The kan'on, so likely a historically later reading.

Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a free-reed woodwind musical instrument consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe

Compounds

 * 笙簧