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

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.

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

Noun

簫の笛 (hiragana しょうのふえ, rōmaji shō no fue, historical hiragana せうのふえ)

  1. xiao (a kind of Chinese flute)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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