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Translingual
Han character
竽 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹一木 (HMD), four-corner 88401, composition ⿱𥫗于)
- an ancient free reed mouth organ consisting of bamboo pipes fixed in a wind chest; it was similar to the sheng but generally larger
- a kind of musical instrument with 36 reeds
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 877, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25851
- Dae Jaweon: page 1306, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2948, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7AFD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 侉
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*qaːls
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| 夸
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*kʰʷraː
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| 姱
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*kʰʷraː
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| 胯
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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| 跨
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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| 誇
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*kʰʷraː
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| 垮
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 銙
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 骻
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 咵
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 釫
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*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
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| 摦
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*ɡʷraːs
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| 鮬
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*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
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| 嶀
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*qʰʷl'aː
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| 扝
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*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
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| 刳
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*kʰʷaː
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| 郀
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*kʰʷaː
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| 挎
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*kʰʷaː
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| 袴
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 絝
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 褲
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 恗
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*qʰaː
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| 洿
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*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
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| 瓠
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*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
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| 鄠
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*ɢʷlaːʔ
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| 污
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*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
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| 杇
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*qʷaː
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| 圬
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*qʷaː
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| 鴮
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*qʷaː
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| 盓
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*qʷaː
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| 汙
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*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
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| 樗
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*qʰʷl'a
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| 摴
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*qʰʷl'a
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| 荂
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*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
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| 雩
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*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
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| 吁
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*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
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| 盱
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*qʰʷa
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| 訏
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*qʰʷa
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| 扜
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*qʰʷa, *qʷa
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| 旴
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*qʰʷa
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| 冔
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*qʰʷaʔ
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| 紆
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*qʷa
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| 陓
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*qʷa
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| 迂
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*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
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| 虶
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*qʷa
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| 于
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*ɢʷa
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| 盂
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*ɢʷa
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| 竽
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*ɢʷa
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| 邘
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*ɢʷa
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| 玗
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*ɢʷa
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| 芋
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*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
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| 杅
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*ɢʷa
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| 釪
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*ɢʷa
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| 骬
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*ɢʷa
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| 謣
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*ɢʷla
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| 宇
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*ɢʷaʔ
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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竽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hju ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷ(r)a/
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| English
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reed organ
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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竽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15709
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Phonetic
component
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于
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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于
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷa/
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Definitions
竽
- (historical) the yu, a wind instrument used in ancient China
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
竽
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 竽 (MC hju). Compare modern Mandarin 竽 (yú).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
竽 • (u)
- a woodwind instrument introduced to Japan from China during the Nara period, similar to a 笙 (shō, “a kind of free-reed woodwind instrument”), but larger and one octave lower in pitch
- This instrument fell out of use for 雅楽 (gagaku, “court music”) in the mid-Heian period, and was later reconstructed after World War II based in part on artifacts at the Shōsōin.
Idioms
Derived terms
References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 竽 (MC hju).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
竽 (eumhun 피리 우 (piri u))
- flute
- chief
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
- Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).
Vietnamese
Han character
竽: Hán Nôm readings: vu
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