Memory phrase for the Kanji: 笙

笙

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Meaning

reed mouth organ with various flutes

Pronunciation

 shēng

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, below: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for the life.)

Mnemonic

 Bamboo gets lifely as a mouth organ.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
生 life
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Vocabulary

 笙箫  shēng xiāo  reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
 芦笙  lú shēng  reed-pipe wind instrument
 胡笙  hú shēng  pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
 胡笙  hú shēng  

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