Kanji Details:
- 弦
- Frequency:1773
- Kun: つる
- On: ゲン
- Meaning: bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 弦 つる bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu 弦楽 げんがく music for strings 管弦楽団 かんげんがくだん orchestra 管弦楽 かんげんがく orchestral music 弦楽器 げんがっき stringed instruments 三弦 さんげん three-stringed instrument, samisen 弦 げん bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.), stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse ギターの弦 ギターのげん guitar string 一弦琴 いちげんきん single-stringed Japanese zither 下弦 かげん (moon's) last quarter