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Kanji Detail for 弦 - "string, bowstring, chord"
弦
- Meaning
弦 means "string, bowstring, chord."
String - A cord on a musical instrument.
Bowstring - The string of a bow.
Chord - A straight line in a circle.
Half moon - The crescent shape of the moon.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
bowstring; chord; hypotenuse
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
string; hypotenuse, crescent
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A bowstring. Made of glued silk cord or hemp. | String instruments are often called 弦. Such as 管弦, 弦索. Now separately written as 絃. | The moon half-full looks like a bow shape, hence called 弦. In the lunar calendar, the 7th-8th of each month is 上弦; the 22nd-23rd is 下弦. | In old medicine, a patient's urgent pulse is called 弦, meaning elastic like a string. | In mathematics, the hypotenuse of a right triangle is called 弦. Also, of the eight circular lines, the perpendicular to the radius intersecting the secant is also 弦. The interior angle is 正弦; the complementary angle is 餘弦. | Ancients used the qin and se to symbolize husband and wife. Hence, a wife's death is 斷弦; remarrying is 續弦.
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