懂中文 Dong Chinese

籟

lài

bamboo flute

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 賴 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

賴 sound component

賴  Sound component

lài

  

depend on

Evolution

籟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
籟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

籁 (籟) 

lài

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

Most common words with 籟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

天籁

sounds of nature

万籁俱寂

not a sound to be heard (idiom)

籁

a sound

万籁无声

dead silent