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笙

a reed instrument
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingショウ、ソウ
Kun readingふえ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. a reed instrument
  2. Chinese panpipeRtK
  1. traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes
  2. free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

鳳笙ほうしょう
shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
笙歌しょうか
singing and playing the shō
笙の笛しょうのふえ
shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 笙

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step