箜篌

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term

[edit] Noun

箜篌 (hiragana くご, romaji kugo)

  1. An old East Asian stringed instrument

[edit] Noun

箜篌 (hiragana くうご, romaji kūgo)

  1. An old East Asian stringed instrument

[edit] Korean

Hanja in this word

[edit] Noun

箜篌 (gonghu)

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

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

[edit] Noun

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.

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