U+7BAB "箫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7BAB "箫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character representing a vertical bamboo flute, known as the *xiao*, which is a classical wind instrument with a long history in East Asian music, particularly in Chinese and Japanese traditions. This ideograph combines the bamboo radical to suggest its material, while the phonetic component gives clues to its pronunciation in various Chinese dialects. In modern contexts, the character is used both as a noun for the instrument itself and in poetic or literary references to convey a sense of serene or melancholic music.