篪

Information about character(s)

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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chí
Cantonese: ci4
JapaneseKun: HUE
JapaneseOn: CHI JI
Korean: CI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a bamboo flute with seven holes

CE-Dict: bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of bamboo flute

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】篪
【廣韻】直离切【集韻】【韻會】陳知切，𠀤音馳。【說文】管樂也。【詩·小雅】伯氏吹壎，仲氏吹篪。【爾雅·釋樂】大篪謂之沂。【郭註】篪，長尺四寸，圍三寸，一孔上出，寸三分，橫吹之。小者尺二寸。《廣雅》云八孔。【疏】鄭司農註《周禮》云篪七孔，蓋不數其上出者，故七也。【世本】蘇成公作篪。【古史】蘇成公善吹篪。【釋名】篪，啼也。聲從孔出，如嬰兒啼聲，春分之音也。　又【水經注】君山東北對編山，山多篪竹。　【篇海】本作𪛌。【禮記】作竾。亦作筂。

CF-Dict: flute de bambou à huit trous