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笙 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
ショウ・ソウしょう・そう · shō · sō
Kun
ふえfue
Meaning
the shō, a mouth organ

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 生 as phonetic: the ranked bamboo pipes of the court music.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 笙しょう

    the shō

  • 笙歌しょうか

    pipes and song

More words with this kanji

  • 笙簧しょうこう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

笙(しょう)の音(おと)が雅楽(ががく)に響(ひび)く。

The note of the shō sounds through the court music.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

笙歌笙歌song竽an anc…笏ritual…笊a bamb…笆a bamb…笳a reed…屮a spro…卅thirty匆in has…艸grass皁black
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading ショウAll maps

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