kōng
hóu

technical

Meaning of 箜篌

箜篌 means ancient Chinese harp-like stringed instrument (with 5–25 strings, horizontal or vertical types). Pronounced kōng hóu.

  • ancient Chinese harp-like stringed instrument (with 5–25 strings, horizontal or vertical types)

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
jiàn
táng
dài
de
kōng
hóu
bǎo
cún
zài
guó
jiā
guǎn
 

This Tang Dynasty konghou is preserved in the National Museum.

Shù
shì
kōng
hóu
de
yǎn
zòu
fāng
shì
shù
qín
yǒu
xiē
xiāng
 

The playing technique of the vertical konghou somewhat resembles that of the harp.

shī
zhōng
cháng
cháng
dào
èr
shí
sān
de
kōng
hóu
 

Ancient poems often mention the twenty-three-stringed konghou.

Kōng
hóu
shì
zhōng
guó
dài
zhòng
yào
de
tán
yuè
zhī
 

The konghou is one of the important plucked string instruments of ancient China.

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