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琴
JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1591

Meanings

Harp, Koto

Radicals

ηŽ‹

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