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gaohu

Chinese bowed string instrument
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gaohu

Summary

gaohu ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gaohu is credited with the discovery of Lü Wencheng[2].
  • gaohu is a type of bowed string instrument[3].
  • gaohu is a type of spike box lute or spike guitar[4].
  • gaohu's Commons category is recorded as Gaohu[5].
  • gaohu's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.312[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include bowed string instrument[3] and spike box lute or spike guitar[4].

Why It Matters

gaohu ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[1] gaohu has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] gaohu is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 20RUOf
    Discoverer or inventor → Lü Wencheng
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
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