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唢

嗩
suǒ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 唢呐) the suona, a Chinese double-reed horn

Examples

婚礼上吹唢呐，非常热闹。
Hūnlǐ shàng chuī suǒnà, fēicháng rènào.
At the wedding a band played the suona, and it was very lively.
唢呐的声音高亢，传得很远。
Suǒnà de shēngyīn gāo kàng, chuán de hěn yuǎn.
The sound of the suona is loud and piercing, and carries very far.

Tips

culture
唢 occurs only in 唢呐, a loud double-reed horn central to Chinese weddings, funerals, and folk celebrations.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
口 is the mouth radical, fitting a wind instrument played by blowing. It marks 唢 as something done with the mouth.
phonetic
贝 bèi
shell
The right side is a phonetic unit that supplies the suǒ sound, written with small strokes above 贝. It carries no meaning in 唢; in the traditional form 嗩 it appears more fully.

Stroke Order

唢 suǒ