箜篌

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Noun 1.2 Noun 2 Korean 2.1 Noun 3 Mandarin 3.1 Noun 3.2 Usage notes 3.3 References

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
箜	篌

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箜篌 (hiragana くご, romaji kugo)

1. An old East Asian stringed instrument

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箜篌 (hiragana くうご, romaji kūgo)

1. An old East Asian stringed instrument

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[edit] Korean

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箜篌 (gonghu)

1. any of a number of harps used in ancient East Asia

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

箜篌

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箜篌 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kōnghóu)

1. (archaic) a term used to refer to one of a number of different harps used in the music of ancient China

[edit] Usage notes

• This instrument has been revived in modernized form in the 20th century.

[edit] References

• konghou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:konghou
• "箜篌 (in Mandarin)." Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-02.
• (2007) Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin). Hong Kong: Commercial Press. ISBN 9789620702778.