笙 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- ショウ・ソウ
- Kun
- ふえ
- Meaning
- the shō, a mouth organ
Origin
Bamboo 竹 with 生 as phonetic: the ranked bamboo pipes of the court music.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 笙しょう
the shō
- 笙歌しょうか
pipes and song
Example
笙の音が雅楽に響く。
The note of the shō sounds through the court music.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)