箜篌

Etymology
In the  《史記·封禪書》, a fretted zither plucked with a slender stick was attested as the form during the reign of the. It is uncertain whether the name of the later instruments (angular harp and arched harp) bearing the (orthographically normalised) name had inherited from the Han-era one. The name might have originated as transcription of a foreign term from the west.

Compare 🇨🇬,, both names of this instrument in the Sogdian language, as well as 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Usage notes

 * This instrument has been revived in modernized form in the 20th century.

Etymology
From. First attested in a text from 780.

Also found with the lengthened reading kūgo. This appears to be less commonly used.

Pronunciation
Standard:

Lenthened:

Noun

 * 1) a konghou, a kind of ancient Chinese harp