Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | sreŋ | |
| Unicode | shræng |
說文解字
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。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)