箜篌

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

箜篌 (hiragana くご, romaji kugo)

  1. An old East Asian stringed instrument

Noun [edit]

箜篌 (hiragana くうご, romaji kūgo)

  1. An old East Asian stringed instrument

Korean [edit]

Hanja in this word

Noun [edit]

箜篌 (gonghu)

  1. Hanja form? of 공후, “any of a number of harps used in ancient East Asia”.

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Noun [edit]

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

Usage notes [edit]

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

References [edit]