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Muyu

wooden percussion instrument used in Buddhist rituals in East Asia
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Summary

Muyu is a type of musical instrument[1]. Muyu draws 983 Wikipedia views per month (type of musical instrument category, ranking #141 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: struck idiophone[3], religious object[4], traditional Japanese musical instrument[5], Ongu[6]
  • Commons category: Wooden fish (percussion instrument)[7]
  • Native label: 木魚[8], 木鱼[9], ཤིང་ཉ།[10], 목탁[11], 목어[12], 杢魚[13], mõ[14], mộc ngư[15]
  • P14541: 3OYXwz[16]

Why It Matters

Muyu has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Muyu is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_muyu_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Muyu}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/muyu}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · 日巫女 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'bg', 'bo', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'i
    Fandom article id → shinto:Wooden fish
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Fandom article id: shinto:Wooden fish, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289719|batch #289719]]"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3OYXwz
    Instance of → type of musical instrument
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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