xiao1
xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; same as 排簫|排箫; also translated as pan pipes

strokes 19
radical
strokes after radical 12
鼻箫 鼻簫 bi2 xiao1
nose flute

吹箫 吹簫 chui1 xiao1
to play the xiao 簫|箫 (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫; (slang) fellatio; blowjob

吹箫乞食 吹簫乞食 chui1 xiao1 qi3 shi2
to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

排箫 排簫 pai2 xiao1
xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; also translated as pan pipes

笙箫 笙簫 sheng1 xiao1
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute

吴市吹箫 吳市吹簫 wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1
to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

玉人吹箫 玉人吹簫 yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1
virtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公