笙

shēng

Radical: ⺮ pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

笙 decomposes into the following components:

⺮ 生

Semantic component: ⺮; phonetic component: 生.

Words containing 笙

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 笙.

排笙
pái shēng
reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard
竹笙
zhú shēng
bamboo fungus
笙歌
shēng gē
music and song (formal writing)
笙管
shēng guǎn
pipes of a panpipe
笙箫
shēng xiāo
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
笙簧
shēng huáng
reeds of a panpipe
胡笙
hú shēng
pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
芦笙
lú shēng
reed-pipe wind instrument
杜月笙
dù yuè shēng
Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist

Related characters (radical ⺮)

Characters that share the radical ⺮.

⺮ 劄 竹 竺 竽 竿 笃 笄 笆 笈 笊 笋 笏 笑 笔 笕 笛 笞 笠 笤 笥 符 笨 笪

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