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琴

琴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声（OC/*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m）。「⿰丌丌｛瑟｝」+声符「金/*k(r)[ə]m/」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

harp, koto

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キンJHS
  • ゴン
Kun (native)
  • ことJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音qin2
  • 한글geum
  • Hán-ViệtCầm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
玉(たま)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7434

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱玨今

Words using this kanji

  • 琴こと（こと）弦が並べられている楽器。 （こと）箏。koto (13-stringed Japanese zither), stringed instrument, zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
  • 琴きん（こと）弦が並べられている楽器。 （こと）箏。qin (7-stringed Chinese zither), guqin
  • 琴線きんせん琴の糸。 人の心の奥に秘められている心情。heartstrings, koto string
  • 琴爪ことづめkoto plectrum
  • 琴柱ことじbridge of a koto
  • 琴曲きんきょくkoto music
  • 琴瑟きんしつ弦楽器のと。qin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither), happy marriage
  • 琴鳥ことどりsuperb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
  • 琴瑟相和きんしつそうわpair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious, being happily married
  • 琴瑟相和すきんしつあいわすto be happily married
  • 琴線に触れるきんせんにふれる良いものや素晴らしいものに触れることで、感動したり共感したりする。to strike a chord, to tug at one's heartstrings, to resonate

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-4
Four Corner
1120.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4f8.11
Heisig
1717
Nelson
2949