笙
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
笙 (radical 118 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹手一 (HHQM), four-corner 88104, composition ⿱⺮生)
- a sheng; a hand-held free-reed mouth organ made from a dried gourd and 13 or more bamboo pipes
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 879, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25913
- Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2955, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7B19
CantoneseEdit
HanziEdit
笙 (Jyutping saang1, sang1, Yale saang1, sang1)
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JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
笙
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
ReadingsEdit
- Goon: しょう (shō), (historical) しゃう (shau)
- Kan’on: そう (sō), (historical) さう (sau)
- Kan’yōon: せい (sei)
- Kun: ふえ (fue)
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 笙 |
| しょう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 笙 (/*shræng/). Goon, so likely the original reading as first borrowed from Middle Chinese. Compare modern Mandarin 笙 (shēng).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
笙 (hiragana しょう, romaji shō, historical hiragana しゃう)
- (music) the sho
- A free-reed woodwind musical instrument consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe. Developed from the Chinese shēng that was introduced to Japan during the Nara Period. Traditionally used to provide accompaniment in gagaku (traditional Japanese court music), and now also used in some contemporary music.
SynonymsEdit
- 鳳管 (hōkan)
Derived termsEdit
- 笙の笛 (shō no fue): a type of simplified sho used as a toy
- 笙歌 (shōka), 笙歌 (seika): singing to a sho accompaniment; to sing to a sho accompaniment; a song sung to a sho accompaniment
- 笙岩屋 (Shō no Iwaya), 笙窟 (Shō no Iwaya): a cave and pilgrimage destination in central Nara Prefecture
- 鳳笙 (hōshō): sho
- 蘆笙 (roshō)
See alsoEdit
Gagaku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Gagaku
Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 笙 |
| そう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 笙. Kan'on, so likely an historically later reading. Compare modern Cantonese 笙 (saang¹, sang¹). Seen in The Tale of Genji.
This reading is obsolete in modern Japanese.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
笙 (hiragana そう, romaji sō, historical hiragana さう)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
笙 • (saeng) (hangeul 생, revised saeng, McCune-Reischauer saeng, Yale sayng)
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CompoundsEdit
MandarinEdit
HanziEdit
笙 (Pinyin shēng (sheng1), Wade-Giles sheng1)
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CompoundsEdit
See alsoEdit
Middle ChineseEdit
Han characterEdit
笙 (*shræng, ṣạiŋ)
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VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
笙 (sanh)
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