籁

籁 · lài

bamboo flute; pipe; various sound

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lài
Cantonese
laai6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bamboo flute; pipe; various sound

Dictionary definitions & readings

籁 lài · a sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0671.130:lài Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
208.030:lài Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HDLO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8898 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0902.321 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7C41
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6399

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
籁
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

籟

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
53020.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53020.100
kIRGKangXi
0902.321
kKangXi
0902.321
kSMSZD2003Index
508.03
kCangjie
HDLO
kFourCornerCode
8898
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-7425
kRSUnicode
118.13
kTotalStrokes
19
kCCCII
275051
kEACC
275051
kGB0
8405
kMainlandTelegraph
4704
kTGH
2013:6399
kCantonese
laai6
kDefinition
bamboo flute; pipe; various sound
kMandarin
lài
kTGHZ2013
208.030:lài
kXHC1983
0671.130:lài
kTraditionalVariant
U+7C5F

Sentences in context

Find examples using 籁 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 籁0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𥫗 above 赖 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱𥫗赖$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 5 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗赖$(G)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.