When the wind passes through the pines, that is the natural music of heaven.
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籁 mostly survives in two set words: 天籁 (sounds of nature, often praising beautiful music) and 万籁俱寂 (all sounds fall silent — total stillness). It is rarely used alone.
The bamboo radical in its compressed top-cap form. It points to the original meaning: a wind instrument made of bamboo pipes. Many instrument and writing-tool characters carry this cap.
