笙
Translingual
Han character
笙 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹手一 (HHQM), four-corner 88104, composition ⿱⺮生)
- a sheng; a hand-held free-reed mouth organ made from a dried gourd and 13 or more bamboo pipes
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 879, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25913
- Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2955, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7B19
Chinese
trad. | 笙 | |
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simp. # | 笙 |
Glyph origin
Old Chinese | |
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猜 | *sʰlɯː |
輤 | *sʰleːns |
綪 | *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ |
倩 | *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs |
棈 | *sʰleːns |
蒨 | *sʰeːns |
篟 | *sʰeːns |
生 | *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs |
牲 | *sreŋ |
笙 | *sreŋ |
甥 | *sreŋ |
鉎 | *sreŋ, *sleːŋ |
珄 | *sreŋ |
鼪 | *sreŋ, *sreŋs |
猩 | *sreŋ, *seːŋ |
狌 | *sreŋ |
眚 | *sreŋʔ |
貹 | *sreŋs |
崝 | *zreːŋ |
精 | *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs |
菁 | *ʔsleŋ |
鶄 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
蜻 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
鼱 | *ʔsleŋ |
婧 | *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ |
睛 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ |
箐 | *ʔsleŋ |
聙 | *ʔsleŋ |
旌 | *ʔsleŋ |
清 | *sʰleŋ |
圊 | *sʰleŋ |
請 | *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
凊 | *sʰleŋs |
䝼 | *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
靚 | *zleŋs |
情 | *zleŋ |
晴 | *zleŋ |
夝 | *zleŋ |
靜 | *zleŋʔ |
靖 | *zleŋʔ |
睲 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋs |
惺 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋ |
性 | *sleŋs |
姓 | *sleŋs |
靗 | *l̥ʰeŋs |
鯖 | *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
青 | *sʰleːŋ |
靘 | *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs |
掅 | *sʰleːŋs |
胜 | *sleːŋ |
曐 | *sleːŋ |
星 | *sleːŋ |
鮏 | *sleːŋ |
腥 | *seːŋ, *seːŋs |
鯹 | *seːŋ |
醒 | *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs |
篂 | *seːŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saang1 / sang1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng / seng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sheng
- Wade–Giles: shêng1
- Yale: shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng
- Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: saang1 / sang1
- Yale: sāang / sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: saang1 / sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: sang1 / seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːŋ⁵⁵/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên
- Hakka Romanization System: senˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sen1
- Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: sraeng
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sreŋ/
Definitions
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- A Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.
See also
- 樦 (zhù)
Compounds
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References
- “笙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kan-on: そう (sō)←さう (sau, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: せい (sei)
- Kun: ふえ (fue, 笙)←ふえ (fue, 笙, historical)←ふ𛀁 (fuye, 笙, ancient)
Compounds
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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笙 |
しょう Jinmeiyō |
goon |
/ɕau/ → /ɕɔː/ → /ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 笙 (MC sraeng). The goon reading, so likely the original reading as first borrowed from Middle Chinese. Compare modern Mandarin 笙 (shēng).
The shō was developed from the Chinese shēng that was introduced to Japan during the Nara period.
Pronunciation
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Noun
- a free-reed woodwind musical instrument consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe
- Synonym: 鳳管 (hōkan)
Derived terms
- 笙の笛 (shō no fue, “type of simplified sho used as a toy”)
- 笙歌 (shōka, “singing to a sho accompaniment; to sing to a sho accompaniment; song sung to a sho accompaniment”)
- 笙岩屋, 笙窟 (Shō no Iwaya, “cave and pilgrimage destination in central Nara Prefecture”)
- 鳳笙 (hōshō, “sho”)
Descendants
- → English: sho
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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笙 |
そう Jinmeiyō |
kan'on |
/sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/
From Middle Chinese 笙 (MC sraeng). The kan'on, so likely a historically later reading.
Compare modern Cantonese 笙 (saang¹, sang¹).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (obsolete) a free-reed woodwind musical instrument consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe
See also
References
Korean
Hanja
笙 • (saeng) (hangeul 생, revised saeng, McCune–Reischauer saeng, Yale sayng)
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
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