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琴

JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1591

Meanings

Harp, Koto

Radicals

王

Decomposition

⿱玨今

Etymology

Ideographic: Two guitar strings 玨 suggest the meaning; 今 provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 rising bottom-to-top

5 horizontal right-to-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 horizontal right-to-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

12 corner top-left-to-bottom-right

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キン kin

ゴン gon

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こと koto

Words Using This Kanji

36 words total

Other (20 words)

琴線きんせん

heartstrings

琴こと

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

三角琴さんかくごと

trigon (ancient triangular harp)

accordion

heartstrings

organ

xylophone

tiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

bridge of a koto

two-stringed koto

metallophone

yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)

koto (usu. small)

koto music

Nagoya harp

playing on the koto

playing the koto

mouth harp

wagon

wagon

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