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箜簧

Mandarin · pinyin kōng huáng

old reed wind instrument
(possibly used erroneously for konghou 箜篌 harp or 笙簧 sheng)

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箜: kōng · ancient string music instrument
簧: huáng · reed of woodwind instrument

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1–2 · kong1 huang2

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hung1 wong4

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