"笙" meaning in All languages combined

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Character [Chinese]

IPA: /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /saːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɐŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sen²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /sɛn⁴⁴/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /sɛiŋ⁵⁵/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sŋ̍³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /seŋ³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/, /saːŋ⁵⁵/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /sen²⁴/, /sɛn⁴⁴/, /sɛiŋ⁵⁵/, /sŋ̍³³/, /siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /seŋ³³/, /sən⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: shēng [Mandarin, Pinyin], sheng¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saang¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sang¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sên [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], sên¹ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], sĕng, sng [Hokkien, POJ], seng [Hokkien, POJ], sêng¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹sen, shēng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sheng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shêng¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shēng [Mandarin, Yale], sheng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэн [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], sāang [Cantonese, Yale], sāng [Cantonese, Yale], saang¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sang¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sang¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], seng¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sên [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sen´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], sen¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], sĕng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], sng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sngf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sing [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sefng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], seng [POJ, Teochew], ¹sen [Wu], sen^平 [Wu], /sən⁵³/ [Wu], sraeng [Middle-Chinese], /*sreŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”); cognate with 鳴 (OC *mreŋ, “to make a sound”), 鈴 (OC *reːŋ, “bell”), Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Etymology templates: {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*mriŋ||sound; noise; animal cry}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”), {{och-l|鳴|to make a sound}} 鳴 (OC *mreŋ, “to make a sound”), {{och-l|鈴|bell}} 鈴 (OC *reːŋ, “bell”), {{cog|my|မြည်||to make a sound}} Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 笙
  1. (music) sheng (a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes) Categories (topical): Musical instruments Related terms: (zhù)
    Sense id: en-笙-zh-character--c5A3Jco Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Derived forms: 玉帛笙歌, 笙歌 (shēnggē), 笙歌匝地, 笙歌鼎沸, 笙磬同音, 笙簧 (shēnghuáng), 笙詩, 笙诗, 葫蘆笙 (húlúshēng), 葫芦笙 (húlúshēng), 蘆笙 (lúshēng), 芦笙 (lúshēng), 鳳笙, 凤笙

Character [Japanese]

  1. Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji, no-gloss Derived forms: 蘆笙 (roshō) (ruby: 蘆笙(ろしょう)), 笙歌 (seika) (ruby: 笙歌(せいか))
    Sense id: en-笙-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant transliterations, Kanji used for names

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɕo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しょう)), shō [romanization], syau [romanization], しやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /ɕau/ → /ɕɔː/ → /ɕoː/ From Middle Chinese 笙 (MC sraeng). The goon reading, so likely the original reading as first borrowed from Middle Chinese. Compare modern Mandarin 笙 (shēng). The shō was developed from the Chinese shēng that was introduced to Japan during the Nara period. Etymology templates: {{wp|lang=ja}}, {{wp|Shō}}, {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|笙}} 笙 (MC sraeng), {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|cmn|笙|tr=shēng}} Mandarin 笙 (shēng), {{ll|zh|笙|shēng}} shēng Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょう|hhira=しやう}} 笙(しょう) • (shō) ^(←しやう (syau)?)
  1. a free-reed woodwind musical instrument used in Japanese court music, consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe Categories (topical): Wind instruments Synonyms: 鳳管 Derived forms: 笙の笛 (shō no fue) (ruby: (しょう), (ふえ)) (english: type of simplified sho used as a toy), 笙歌 (shōka) (ruby: 笙歌(しょうか)) (english: singing to a sho accompaniment; to sing to a sho accompaniment; song sung to a sho accompaniment), 笙岩屋, 笙窟 (Shō no Iwaya) (english: cave and pilgrimage destination in central Nara Prefecture), 鳳笙 (hōshō) (ruby: 鳳笙(ほうしょう)) (english: sho)
    Sense id: en-笙-ja-noun-~bOX5jDE Disambiguation of Wind instruments: 0 59 41 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [so̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (そう)), [romanization], sau [romanization], さう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/ From Middle Chinese 笙 (MC sraeng). The kan'on, so likely a historically later reading. Compare modern Cantonese 笙 (saang1, sang1). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|笙}} 笙 (MC sraeng), {{cog|yue|笙|tr=saang1, sang1}} Cantonese 笙 (saang1, sang1) Head templates: {{ja-noun|そう|hhira=さう}} 笙(そう) • (sō) ^(←さう (sau)?)
  1. (obsolete) a free-reed woodwind musical instrument consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-笙-ja-noun-yW5Kh9we Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character [Korean]

Forms: saeng [romanization], [hangeul], saeng [revised], saeng [McCune-Reischauer], sayng [Yale]
Head templates: {{head|ko|Han characters|sc=Kore|sort=생|tr=saeng}} 笙 • (saeng), {{ko-hanja|eumhun=|hangeul=생|mr=saeng|rv=saeng|y=sayng}} 笙 • (saeng) (hangeul 생, revised saeng, McCune–Reischauer saeng, Yale sayng)
  1. Tags: no-gloss Derived forms: 笙簧

Character [Translingual]

Forms: 118 [radical], 竹+5 [radical], 11 [strokes], 竹竹手一 [cangjie-input], 8810₄ [four-corner], ⿱𥫗生 [composition]
Head templates: {{Han char|as=05|canj=HHQM|four=88104|ids=⿱𥫗生|rad=竹|rn=118|sn=11}} 笙 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹手一 (HHQM), four-corner 8810₄, composition ⿱𥫗生)
  1. a sheng; a hand-held free-reed mouth organ made from a dried gourd and 13 or more bamboo pipes

Character [Vietnamese]

Forms: sanh [Hán-Nôm]
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-笙-vi-character-47DEQpj8

Download JSON data for 笙 meaning in All languages combined (16.5kB)

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          "roman": "shēnghuáng",
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          "word": "笙诗"
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          "roman": "húlúshēng",
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        {
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      "zh-pron": "shēng"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sên¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sĕng"
    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seng"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sêng¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sen²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sĕng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛiŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sngf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sŋ̍³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/sən⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sraeng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sreŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sen²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛiŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sŋ̍³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sən⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sreŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "笙"
}

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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kanji used for names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "roshō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "蘆笙",
              "ろしょう"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "seika",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "笙歌",
              "せいか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "笙歌"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-笙-ja-character-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "Jinmeiyō",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "笙"
}

{
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sho",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: sho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: sho"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "lang": "ja"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Shō"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "しよう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "笙"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ltc",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cmn",
        "2": "笙",
        "tr": "shēng"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin 笙 (shēng)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "笙",
        "3": "shēng"
      },
      "expansion": "shēng",
      "name": "ll"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "笙",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笙",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しやう",
      "roman": "syau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょう",
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      },
      "expansion": "笙(しょう) • (shō) ^(←しやう (syau)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 63 37",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 65 35",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 69 31",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 63 37",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 59 41",
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            "Tools",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Technology",
            "Culture",
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            "Nature",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "ruby": [
            [
              "笙",
              "しょう"
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              "笛",
              "ふえ"
            ]
          ],
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        {
          "english": "singing to a sho accompaniment; to sing to a sho accompaniment; song sung to a sho accompaniment",
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          "ruby": [
            [
              "笙歌",
              "しょうか"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "笙岩屋"
        },
        {
          "english": "cave and pilgrimage destination in central Nara Prefecture",
          "roman": "Shō no Iwaya",
          "word": "笙窟"
        },
        {
          "english": "sho",
          "roman": "hōshō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鳳笙",
              "ほうしょう"
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "woodwind",
          "woodwind"
        ],
        [
          "musical",
          "musical"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "mouthpiece",
          "mouthpiece"
        ],
        [
          "seventeen",
          "seventeen"
        ],
        [
          "pipe",
          "pipe"
        ],
        [
          "organ pipe",
          "organ pipe"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "鳳管"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しょー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
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  ],
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}

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      "args": {
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        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "笙"
      },
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      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "笙",
        "tr": "saang1, sang1"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 笙 (saang1, sang1)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/\nFrom Middle Chinese 笙 (MC sraeng). The kan'on, so likely a historically later reading.\nCompare modern Cantonese 笙 (saang1, sang1).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "笙",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笙",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さう",
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        "hiragana",
        "historical"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "そう",
        "hhira": "さう"
      },
      "expansion": "笙(そう) • (sō) ^(←さう (sau)?)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        [
          "free",
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        ],
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "woodwind",
          "woodwind"
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        [
          "musical",
          "musical"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "mouthpiece",
          "mouthpiece"
        ],
        [
          "seventeen",
          "seventeen"
        ],
        [
          "pipe",
          "pipe"
        ],
        [
          "organ pipe",
          "organ pipe"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) a free-reed woodwind musical instrument consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saeng",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "생",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeng",
      "tags": [
        "revised"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeng",
      "tags": [
        "McCune-Reischauer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sayng",
      "tags": [
        "Yale"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "Han characters",
        "sc": "Kore",
        "sort": "생",
        "tr": "saeng"
      },
      "expansion": "笙 • (saeng)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "eumhun": "",
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        "mr": "saeng",
        "rv": "saeng",
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      "expansion": "笙 • (saeng) (hangeul 생, revised saeng, McCune–Reischauer saeng, Yale sayng)",
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  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "笙簧"
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        "Hanja"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "笙"
}

{
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    {
      "form": "sanh",
      "tags": [
        "Hán-Nôm"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "id": "en-笙-vi-character-47DEQpj8",
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        "han"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "笙"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "玉帛笙歌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēnggē",
      "word": "笙歌"
    },
    {
      "word": "笙歌匝地"
    },
    {
      "word": "笙歌鼎沸"
    },
    {
      "word": "笙磬同音"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēnghuáng",
      "word": "笙簧"
    },
    {
      "word": "笙詩"
    },
    {
      "word": "笙诗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "húlúshēng",
      "word": "葫蘆笙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "húlúshēng",
      "word": "葫芦笙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lúshēng",
      "word": "蘆笙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lúshēng",
      "word": "芦笙"
    },
    {
      "word": "鳳笙"
    },
    {
      "word": "凤笙"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "笙"
          },
          "expansion": "笙",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
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          },
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        },
        {
          "args": {
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            "gloss": ""
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "笙",
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            "gloss": ""
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        {
          "args": {
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            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
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            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
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            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
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            "v": "笙",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (笙):\n* → Japanese: 笙(しょう) (shō); 笙(そう) (sō)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "しょう",
            "j2": "そう"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (笙):\n* → Japanese: 笙(しょう) (shō); 笙(そう) (sō)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”); cognate with 鳴 (OC *mreŋ, “to make a sound”), 鈴 (OC *reːŋ, “bell”), Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "zh-pron": "sĕng"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "zh-pron": "¹sen"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵/",
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      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/sen²⁴/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/sɛn⁴⁴/",
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        "Hakka",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/sɛiŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sng"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "sngf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sŋ̍³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "sefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/seŋ³³/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
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      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sen²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛiŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sŋ̍³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seŋ³³/"
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      "ipa": "/sən⁵³/"
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      "other": "/*sreŋ/"
    }
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}

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    "Japanese kanji with kun reading ふえ",
    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Kanji used for names",
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      "roman": "seika",
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}

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      "english": "singing to a sho accompaniment; to sing to a sho accompaniment; song sung to a sho accompaniment",
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      "word": "笙岩屋"
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      "english": "cave and pilgrimage destination in central Nara Prefecture",
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      "word": "笙窟"
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      "other": "しょー"
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      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ː]"
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}

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      "ipa": "[so̞ː]"
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "笙簧"
    }
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      "form": "saeng",
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      "form": "생",
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      "form": "saeng",
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    {
      "args": {
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{
  "forms": [
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      "form": "118",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "竹+5",
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      "form": "11",
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      "form": "竹竹手一",
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