English

a flute with 23 tubes; 4 inches long (of bamboo, etc.); a pipe; a wind instrument, (interchangeable 言) speech; words, to say, a dialect; language

康熙字典

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《廣韻》語軒切《集韻》《韻會》魚軒切，𠀤音言。管長一尺四寸。《廣韻》大簫也。又省作言。《爾雅·釋樂》大簫謂之言。《疏》李巡曰：大簫聲大者言言也。