簫の笛
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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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”).[1]
Synonymous with just 簫 (shō) on its own.[1] 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.
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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