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弦
JLPT N1
8 strokes
Frequency: #1773
Meanings
Bowstring, Chord, Hypotenuse
Radicals
弓
Decomposition
⿰弓玄
Etymology
Pictophonetic: bow
Writing Practice
Stroke
0 / 8
Stroke Order
1
corner
right-to-left
2
horizontal
left-to-right
3
corner
bottom-to-top
4
vertical
right-to-left
5
horizontal
bottom-right-to-top-left
6
curve
bottom-right-to-top-left
7
curve
bottom-right-to-top-left
8
dot
bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi
(Chinese reading)
ゲン
gen
Kun'yomi
(Japanese reading)
つる
tsuru