宫商角徵羽

gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ

pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la

宫

gōng

palace

商

shāng

commerce

角

jué

role (theater)

徵

zhǐ

4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], corresponding to sol

羽

yǔ

feather