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Kanji Detail for 絃 - "string, stringed instruments"

絃

  • Meaning

    絃 means "string, stringed instruments."

    1. String - Thread for stringed instruments.

    2. Stringed instruments - General term for string instruments; playing them.

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    • Verified meaning: string, stringed instruments
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いと)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 絃

    Given names 絃(いと)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

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    gen(ゲン) ゲン

  • Kunyomi

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    ito(いと) いと

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    string stringed instruments thread cord wire filament strand line cable musical

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