Keyword
sheng
- free reed mouth organ
- Frequency
- #4009
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
shēng
Mnemonic
⺮ (bamboo) gives the meaning and 生 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
笙
sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
芦笙
reed-pipe wind instrument
杜月笙
Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
笙歌
music and song (formal writing)
笙箫
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
胡笙
pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
笙簧
reeds of a panpipe