しょ

noun

  1. traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes, free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
しょう
そう
そう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

a reed instrument
ショウ ソウ ふえ (Kentei 1, N1)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)