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Se (instrument)

The se (Chinese: 瑟) or guse (Chinese: 古瑟) is an ancient plucked zither of Chinese origin. It varied in size and construction, but generally had 25–50 strings with moveable bridges and a range of up to five octaves. It was one of the most important stringed instruments in China, along with the guqin. The se gradually faded out of use, having evolved into…

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Baxter–Sagart (2014)
*[s.m]ri[t]
Chinese
瑟,古瑟
Hanyu Pinyin
sè, gǔ sè
IPA
[sɤ̂]
Middle Chinese
ʂit
Transcriptions
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinsè, gǔ sèWade–Gilesse4IPA[sɤ̂]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationsātSouthern MinTâi-lôsitMiddle ChineseMiddle ChineseʂitOld ChineseBaxter–…

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Se (instrument)

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples9
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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Se (instrument)

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Baxter–Sagart (2014) · 1
Se (instrument) → *[s.m]ri[t]
Chinese · 1
Se (instrument) → 瑟,古瑟
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Se (instrument) → sè, gǔ sè
IPA · 1
Se (instrument) → [sɤ̂]
Middle Chinese · 1
Se (instrument) → ʂit
Transcriptions · 1
Se (instrument) → TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinsè, gǔ sèWade–Gilesse4IPA[sɤ̂]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationsātSouthern MinTâi-lôsitMiddle ChineseMiddle ChineseʂitOld ChineseBaxter–…
Tâi-lô · 1
Se (instrument) → sit
Wade–Giles · 1
Se (instrument) → se4
Yale Romanization · 1
Se (instrument) → sāt

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se instrument strings zheng instruments also modern music chinese guqin bc used 25 one century ancient zither musical posts called

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Se (instrument)Baxter–Sagart (2014)*[s.m]ri[t]1.00infobox
Se (instrument)Chinese瑟,古瑟1.00infobox
Se (instrument)Hanyu Pinyinsè, gǔ sè1.00infobox
Se (instrument)IPA[sɤ̂]1.00infobox
Se (instrument)Middle Chineseʂit1.00infobox
Se (instrument)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinsè, gǔ sèWade–Gilesse4IPA[sɤ̂]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationsātSouthern MinTâi-lôsitMiddle ChineseMiddle ChineseʂitOld ChineseBaxter–…1.00infobox
Se (instrument)Tâi-lôsit1.00infobox
Se (instrument)Wade–Gilesse41.00infobox
Se (instrument)Yale Romanizationsāt1.00infobox

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