漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
笙: a reed instrument
JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
竹 carries the meaning · 生 is drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 笙しょうtraditional Japanese wind 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)
Also read ソウ, ふえ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flexible and strong! Imagine a thicket of green bamboo swaying in the wind, bending but never breaking.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side笙 a reed instrument · 竹
vs星 star · 日In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shēng
Same form: 笙 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 笙 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 笙 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shēng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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