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Kanji Detail for 絃 - "string, music, harmony"
絃
- Meaning
絃 means "string, music, harmony."
String - Thread for stringed instruments.
Stringed instruments - General term for string instruments; playing them.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
string; cord; samisen music
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
string on musical instrument
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
variant of 弦; bow string; string of musical instrument; watch spring; chord (straight line joining two points on a curve); hypotenuse
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Rope made from raw silk. Coated with glue. Musical instruments like the qin and se. What is used to produce sound. Anciently qin and se were metaphors for husband and wife. Hence when a wife dies it is called 斷絃 (broken string). Remarrying is called 續絃 (continuing the string).
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