Taxonomy of meanings for 笙:　　

  • 笙 shēng (OC: sraaŋ MC: ʃɯaŋ) 所庚切 平 廣韻：【樂器也禮記女媧造笙簧釋名曰笙生也象物貫地而生也又簟也吴都賦曰桃笙象簟 】

    Additional information about 笙

    說文解字: 【笙】，十三簧，象鳳之身也。笙，正月之音，物生故謂之笙。大者謂之巢，小者謂之和。从竹、生聲。古者隨作笙。 【所庚切】

      Criteria
    • BAMBOO MAT

      [ARCHAIC/CURRENT]

      [COMMON/RARE]

      [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

      1. Yán 筵 refers to a larger mat put directly on the floor.

      [CURRENT], [SPECIFIC]

      2. Xí 席 "sitting mat" refers to the bamboo mat placed on the yán 筵.

      [CURRENT], [SPECIFIC]

      3. Zǐ 笫 refers to a bamboo bed-mat. According to FANGYAN, this is the southern dialect word for zé 簀.

      [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

      4. Diàn 簟 became common in Han times as a word referring to bamboo mats in general. The word appears already in SHIJING where it refers to a bamboo mat which can be used for various purposes, particularly to sleep upon.

      [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

      5. Zé 簀 is an archaic word for a bamboo mat. But the word occurs also in SHIJI. It can refer to a bed-mat made of bamboo.

      [ARCHAIC], [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

      6. Shēng 笙 is according to FANGYAN a southern word for a bamboo mat.

      [DIALECT]; [[RARE]]

      7.Qú chú 籧篨 refers to a crude bamboo mat.

      [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

    • MOUTH ORGAN

      1. The most current word for an upright pipe organ is yú 竽, which refers to an organ with 36 bamboo pipes arranged tightly together on a gourd. See ill..

      2. Shēng 笙 refers to smaller variety of the upright yú 竽 with between 13 and 19 pipes.

      3. Xiāo 簫 refers to a system of 32 pipes arranged on one plane. A smaller variety had 16 pipes so arranged. It was played in the manner of the modern mouth organ. It is also called cēn cī 參差.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: (MOUTH ORGAN)竽/MOUTH ORGAN The most current word for an upright pipe organ is yú 竽, which refers to an organ with 36 bamboo pipes arranged tightly together on a gourd. See ill..