Xun

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Album cover featuring a photo of a xun

The xun (simplified: [[wiktionary:埙|埙]]; traditional: [[wiktionary:塤|塤]]; pinyin: xūn) is a Chinese ocarina made of clay or ceramic. It is one of the oldest Chinese instruments. The xun is made in several sizes and is in the shape of an egg. It has a blowing hole on top and generally eight smaller finger holes (three each for the index, middle, and ring fingers of each hand, and one for each thumb).

The Korean equivalent is the hun (hangul: [[wiktionary:훈|훈]]; hanja: [[wiktionary:塤|塤]]). In Japan, the same type of instrument is called tsuchibue (hiragana: つちぶえ ; kanji: 日本土笛, lit. "Japanese clay flute").

External links

• [Image and sound files]
• [Xun audio] (click headphones to listen to individual tracks)

Video

• [Xun video] from The Musical Instruments E-book

See also

• Chinese flutes
• Traditional Chinese musical instruments
• Music of China

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