高麗笛
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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高 | 麗 | 笛 |
こう > こ Grade: 2 |
ま Grade: S |
ふえ > ぶえ Grade: 3 |
irregular |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compound of 高麗 (koma, “Korean, from the Korean peninsula”) + 笛 (fue, “flute”). The fue changes to bue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a komabue: a transverse flute used in traditional Japanese court music
- Traditionally made of bamboo, about 36 cm in length. Has six finger holes of roughly 1 cm in diameter. Originally brought to Japan by the Baekje elite circa 660 CE when the Baekje kingdom in the south of the Korean Peninsula fell to the combined forces of the Silla kingdom and the Tang Dynasty.