Definition
椌 is an extremely rare character referring to an ancient wooden musical instrument, likely a type of percussion or ritual instrument used in early Chinese court music. You will almost never encounter it in modern Chinese — it is a historical/archaeological term. The character is so obscure that its standard pinyin is uncertain (often marked as #).
n
(historical) an ancient wooden musical instrument
Examples
- 椌。Zhè jiàn # shì Zhōudài de yuèqì.This 椌 is a musical instrument from the Zhou dynasty.
- 椌。Bówùguǎn lǐ chénliè zhe gǔdài de #.The museum displays ancient 椌 instruments.
- 椌。Kǎogǔxuéjiā fāxiàn le sān jiàn #.Archaeologists discovered three 椌 instruments.
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