xūn
noun

Measure Word

一个

Meanings

  1. 1 xun (ancient Chinese egg-shaped clay wind instrument)
  2. 2 ocarina

Examples

Xūn shì Zhōngguó zuì gǔlǎo de yuèqì zhī yī.
The xun is one of China's most ancient musical instruments.
Tā chuī xūn de shēngyīn hěn shēnchén.
The sound when he plays the xun is very deep and sonorous.

Tips

history
》: ', 乐器' — a clay wind instrument with six holes, attested in 《》 and 《诗经》. Typically egg-shaped and fingered like an ocarina; archaeological xun have been excavated from Neolithic Hemudu sites, making it at least 7,000 years old.

Stroke Order

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