Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level: N1
Stroke count: 11
Meaning: a reed instrument
Kunyomi: ふえ
Onyomi: ショウ ソウ
Composition: 竹 生
Radical: 竹
Meaning: bamboo
笙 (ショウ) traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes, free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
笙歌 (ショウカ) singing and playing the shō
鳳笙 (ホウショウ) shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
笙の笛 (ショウノフエ) shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)