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Kanji Detail for 箏 - "koto"
箏
- Meaning
箏 means "koto."
Koto - A stringed musical instrument.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
a koto
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
stringed musical instrument; kite
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
see 古箏|古筝[gu3 zheng1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
guzheng, zither, string instrument
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A musical instrument. Anciently had twelve strings. Later had thirteen strings. There were plucked 箏 and finger-picked 箏, two types. Now both have been lost. Also, iron wind-chimes under eaves are called 風箏. Now colloquially paper kites are called 風箏.
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