pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
trad. 宮商角徵羽
Also written 宮商角徵羽【gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ】
Characters in this word
5宫
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surname Gong
- Pinyin
- Gōng
- Traditional
- 宮
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8493 of 2500
商
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Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), surname Shang
- Pinyin
- Shāng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 15469 of 2500
角
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surname Jue
- Pinyin
- Jué
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8407 of 2500
徵
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4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], corresponding to sol
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 31689 of 2500
羽
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feather, 5th note in pentatonic scale
- Pinyin
- yǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 31207 of 2500