壎

Information about character(s)

Radical: 土
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 14
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 塤

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xūn, xùn
Cantonese: hyun1
JapaneseKun: HACHI WAN
JapaneseOn: KEN KUWAN KUN
Korean: HWUN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: instrument

CE-Dict: ancient porcelain wind-instrument

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an ancient earthen, egg-shaped wind instrument still used to begin music in the Confucian shrine ceremony

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《土部》壎樂器也。以土為之，六孔。从土熏聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集中】【土字部】壎
〔古文〕坃壦【唐韻】況袁切【集韻】【韻會】許元切，𠀤音暄。樂器也。燒土爲之，銳上平底，形似稱錘。【白虎通】壎之言熏也。陽氣于黃泉之下，熏烝而萌也。【詩·小雅】伯氏吹壎。亦作塤。【爾雅·釋樂】大塤謂之嘂。嘂，音叫。【孫炎曰】音大如叫呼聲。【前漢·律歷志】八音，土曰塤。【禮圖】塤大如鴈卵者曰雅塤，如雞卵者曰頌塤。○按塤乃土器，不堅之物，故時俗指人慣弄虛澆者曰弄塤。【宋景祐·樂記】今大塤八孔，二前五後，一髹飾其上。　又【集韻】許云切，音熏。義同。　又吁運切，音訓。盂也。　【集韻】與塤同。

CF-Dict: Xun