笳

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiā
Cantonese: gaa1
JapaneseKun: ASHIBUE
JapaneseOn: KA
Korean: KA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a reed leaf whistle

CE-Dict: whistle made of reed

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a reed leaf whistle; the Tartar pipe

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】笳
【廣韻】古牙切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】居牙切，𠀤音嘉。【廣韻】笳簫。【史記·樂書】胡笳似觱栗而無孔，後世鹵簿用之，伯陽避入西戎所作，卷蘆葉吹之也。【韻會小補】大胡笳十八拍，號沈家聲。小胡笳十九拍，號祝家聲。　又叶居何切。【夏侯湛·笳賦】南閭兮拊掌，北園兮鳴笳。鳴笳兮協節，分唱兮相和。　【篇海】亦作䈔。