弦
bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
8 / 8
Information
Vocabulary
ゲン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管弦楽 | カンゲンガク | orchestral music |
| 管弦楽団 | カンゲンガクダン | orchestra |
| 弦楽 | ゲンガク | music for strings; string music |
| 三弦 | サンゲン | shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou); three strings; three-stringed instrument |
| 一弦琴 | イチゲンキン | single-stringed Japanese zither |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弦 | つる | bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu |
| 弦楽器 | げんがっき | string instrument; stringed instrument |
| ギター弦 | ギターげん | guitar string |
| 下弦の月 | かげんのつき | last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon |
| 弓弦 | ゆみづる | bowstring |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
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technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt
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broaden, extend, expand, enlarge
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玉
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wide, broad, spacious
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counter for bows & stringed instruments, lengthen, put up (tent), spread, stretch
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弧
arc, arch, bow
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