竽うMeanings1nounyu (ancient Chinese mouth organ)historical termHistorical term for a free-reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara-period Japan, similar to a mouth organ.正しょう倉そう院いんには奈な良ら時じ代だいの竽うが保ほ存ぞんされている。A yu from the Nara period is preserved in the Shōsōin.