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笙
shēng
free reed mouth organ
🔤 Pictophonetic:
⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 生 provides pronunciation
Words Using 笙 (10)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
笙
shēng
free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd
笙
shēng
free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd
笙歌
shēnggē
music and song (formal writing)
笙歌
shēnggē
music and song (formal writing)
竹笙
zhúshēng
bamboo fungus
竹笙
zhúshēng
bamboo fungus
笙管
shēngguǎn
pipes of a panpipe
笙管
shēngguǎn
pipes of a panpipe
笙簧
shēnghuáng
reeds of a panpipe
笙簧
shēnghuáng
reeds of a panpipe
笙箫
shēngxiāo
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
笙箫
shēngxiāo
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
排笙
páishēng
reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard
排笙
páishēng
reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard
胡笙
húshēng
pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
胡笙
húshēng
pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
杜月笙
DùYuèshēng
Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
杜月笙
DùYuèshēng
Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
芦笙
lúshēng
reed-pipe wind instrument
芦笙
lúshēng
reed-pipe wind instrument
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿱⺮生
i
Component Tree i
shēng
生
life, lifetime; birth; growth
💡 Ideographic:
A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土
5 strokes
HSK 1