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free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[shēng], used in ancient China

Etymology phono-semantic

flute

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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