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reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
reed rhizome (used in TCM)
reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
(bird species of China) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
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  *芦* | 芦* | *芦
rush / reed / Phragmites communis
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  *苇* | 苇* | *苇
reed / rush / Phragmites communis
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  *荻* | 荻* | *荻
Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed) / used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi
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  *笙* | 笙* | *笙
sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
reed
reed-pipe wind instrument
reed (music)
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  *苕* | 苕* | *苕
reed grass / Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
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  *笳* | 笳* | *笳
whistle made of reed
lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue
a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)
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  *竽* | 竽* | *竽
free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng , used in ancient China
bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan
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  *篾* | 篾* | *篾
the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip
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  *箦* | 箦* | *箦
reed mat
reed mat
reed mat
reed matting / reed screen
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  *蒹* | 蒹* | *蒹
reed
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  *萑* | 萑* | *萑
a kind of reed
lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue
old reed wind instrument / (possibly used erroneously for konghou 箜篌 harp or 笙簧 sheng)
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument
ancient bamboo reed instrument / Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna)
ancient bamboo reed instrument / Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna)
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
(bird species of China) Pallas's reed bunting (Emberiza pallasi)
(bird species of China) oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap sticky rice dumplings 粽子
player of the yu (free reed wind instrument)
(bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
(bird species of China) great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard
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  *簧* | 簧* | *簧
reed (of a music instrument) / spring; coil
reed pipe
(bird species of China) ochre-rumped bunting; Japanese reed bunting (Emberiza yessoensis)
(bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
(bird species of China) common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
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  *葭* | 葭* | *葭
reed / Phragmites communis
reed stem / (fig.) extremely skinny person
reed pipe
(bird species of China) common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
(bird species of China) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum)
double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon)
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
(bird species of China) black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)


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