笙

a reed instrument

11 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.

Readings

• ショウ (on reading): 笙 (しょう) traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; 鳳笙 (ほうしょう) shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
• ソウ (on reading)
• ふえ (kun reading)

Components

• 竹
• 生
• 乞 radical beg
• 生 radical life
• 竹 radical bamboo

Words using 笙

• 笙 (しょう) traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes
• 鳳笙 (ほうしょう) shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
• 笙の笛 (しょうのふえ) shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
• 笙歌 (しょうか) singing and playing the shō

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists