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篪 is an ancient Chinese transverse bamboo flute with eight finger holes, played prominently in formal state ceremonies and classical court music. The character combines the semantic radical 竹 (bamboo) at the top, indicating a bamboo object, with the phonetic component 虒 below, which gives its sound. Frequently performed in harmonious duet with the xun, another ancient wind instrument, 篪 came to represent brotherly harmony and familial affection in classical poetry and literary idioms.
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