Word Meaning 笙歌

しょうか shouka

笙歌 is read as しょうか (shouka) and means singing and playing the shō.

Meaning

English

singing and playing the shō

Reading

Kana

しょうか

Romaji

shouka

Writing Variants

笙歌せいか seika

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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詩歌

しいか

Japanese and Chinese poetry

唱歌

しょうか

music class (at pre-WWII schools)

聖歌

せいか

hymn

紡ぎ歌

つむぎうた

spinning song

凱歌

がいか

victory song

応援歌

おうえんか

cheering song

葬送歌

そうそうか

dirge

頌歌

しょうか

anthem

俳諧の連歌

はいかいのれんが

haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)

黒人霊歌

こくじんれいか

Negro spiritual

踏歌

とうか

type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period)

愛唱歌

あいしょうか

song one likes to sing