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Begin with the N5 essentials — 5 kanji, about 5 minutes.

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Click a node to inspect it and dim unrelated kanji.
Click a related kanji in the detail panel to jump.
Mark kanji you know, then use Path to chain new ones.

a reed instrumentショウ、ソウ、ふえ · N1

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JLPT

笙

a reed instrument

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji

On'yomi

ショウ、ソウ

Kun'yomi

ふえ

Stroke order

11 strokes · ready

Watch the character build in the standard Japanese stroke sequence.

About 笙

A common word using 笙 is 笙 (しょう), meaning “traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music”.

Relationships (3)

鳳male mythical bird鳳笙
歌song, sing笙歌
笛flute, clarinet笙の笛