籥

籥 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一月 (HOMB), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗龠)

• 𤅰, 𨈋, 𪛒, 𥤖, 𪛔, 𥸤, 籲

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 905, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26771
• Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3032, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7C65

Wikipedia has an article on:

• 籥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lowɢ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).

籥

1. (archaic) an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute with three or six fingerholes, used in Confucian ritual music and dance

   • 左手執籥、右手秉翟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     左手执籥、右手秉翟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zuǒ shǒu zhí yào, yòu shǒu bǐng dí.

     I grasp a flute with my left hand; I hold a pheasant's feather in my right hand.

2. (literary) lock and key

   Synonym: 鎖鑰／锁钥 (suǒyuè)

3. (archaic) erasable bamboo strips used by children to practice writing

• 龠

• “籥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03294

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. three-holed flute

• On (unclassified): やく (yaku)
• Kun: ふえ (fue)

Korean Wikipedia has an article on:

약 (악기)

Wikipedia ^ko

籥 (eum 약 (yak))

1. Hanja form^? of 약 (“an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute of Chinese origin with three fingerholes used today only in Confucian ritual music and dance in South Korea”).