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笙

shēng

free reed mouth organ

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 生 provides pronunciation
HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (39%)
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Component Breakdown

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⺮
zhú
bamboo; flute
生
shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
⿱⺮生 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

zhú
⺮
bamboo; flute
📷 Pictographic: Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹
6 strokes
shēng
生
life, lifetime; birth; growth
💡 Ideographic:  A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土
5 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 笙 (10)