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Kanji Detail for 琴 - "koto, harp, zither"

  • Meaning

    琴 means "koto, harp, zither."

    1. Koto - A traditional Japanese stringed instrument.

    2. Zither - A stringed musical instrument.

    3. Harp - A general term for stringed instruments.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    harp; koto

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    Chinese lute or guitar

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    Chinese lute or guitar, string instrument

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A musical instrument. Made of paulownia wood lacquered. Anciently had five strings, later seven strings. Three feet six inches long. Left hand presses the strings, right hand plucks. The most important in Chinese classical music. Hence many instruments borrow its name. Such as 胡琴 (erhu), 月琴 (moon lute), 風琴 (organ).
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  • She likes to play the koto very much.

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