篥

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lì
Cantonese: leot6
JapaneseOn: RITSU RICHI
Korean: LYUL
Vietnamese: sặt

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bugle, 觱篥 bìlì Tatar (Tartar) horn

CE-Dict: bamboos good for poles/horn

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】篥
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤力質切，音栗。【集韻】竹名。【吳錄】日南有篥竹，勁利，削爲矛。　又觱篥。【篇海】以竹爲管，以蘆爲首，狀類胡笳而九竅。所法者角音而已，其聲悲篥。一名悲篥，一名笳管。亦作栗。

Han-De-Dict: Horn, Horn (Hobelgriff) (u.E.) (S)