What is the meaning of 管?

a pipe or tube, such as that made of bamboo, wood, metal, or rubber

the central axis of a spindle for winding the thread

short for 管の笛 (kuda no fue), a kind of small pipe or flute used for signalling during a battle, similar to a fife

an agricultural tool, used to gather up cut rice stalks

short for 管狐 (kudagitsune), a kind of mythical fox roughly the size of a weasel, that would live in bamboo stalks and make prophecies of the future

Source: wiktionary.org

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