乐, originally a pictographic character of a wooden musical instrument, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “乐 a wooden musical instrument”
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琴 a musical instrument
琴, cognate of 珡, a pictographic character of a musical instrument. 琴 is a general name for certain musical instruments. Continue reading “琴 a musical instrument”
岂 a musical instrument
岂, originally a musical instrument, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “岂 a musical instrument”
业 a board on the musical stand
业, a pictographic character of the horizontal board fixed on the music stand used in ancient times. Its original meaning was extended to “profession, career, business, etc”. Continue reading “业 a board on the musical stand”