Kanji

笙

Meaning

a reed instrument

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • ふえ

On'yomi

  • しょう traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes
  • しょう か singing and playing the shō
  • ほう しょう shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
  • そう

Practice Writing

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Related Entries

笙 しょう
traditional Japanese wind inst...

Component Analysis

笙
a reed instrument
ふえ, ショウ, ソウ
竹
bamboo
たけ, チク
生
life, genuine, birth
い.きる, い.かす, セイ

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