lài

bamboo flute

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

赖 sound component

  Sound component

lài

  

depend on

Evolution

籁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
籁 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
籁 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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lài

bamboo flute; pipe; various sound; a sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

Most common words with 籁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

天籁

sounds of nature

万籁俱寂

not a sound to be heard (idiom)

a sound

万籁无声

dead silent