簫の笛

Japanese

簫の笛 (shō no fue): the blowhole of a Chinese xiao end-blown bamboo flute.

Kanji in this term
簫	笛
しょう Hyōgaiji	ふえ Grade: 3
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 簫 (shō, “xiao”, a kind of Chinese flute) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 笛 (fue, “flute”).

Synonymous with just 簫 (shō) on its own. However, given the rarity of this kanji in writing, and the large number of possible single-kanji terms pronounced as shō in Japanese, the longer version that specifies 笛 (“flute”) is used to clarify and disambiguate.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーのふえ [shóꜜò nò fùè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː no̞ ɸɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

簫(しょう)の笛(ふえ) • (shō no fue) ^{←せうのふえ (seunofue)?}

1. xiao a Chinese end-blown bamboo flute