弦

string; bowstring; chord; hypotenuse

8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1773.

Readings

• ゲン (on reading): 管弦楽団 (かんげんがくだん) orchestra; 弦 (げん) bowstring
• つる (kun reading): 弓弦 (ゆみづる) bowstring; 弦音 (つるおと) sound of vibrating bowstring

Components

• 弓
• 玄
• 亠 radical lid
• 幺 radical short thread
• 弓 radical bow
• 玄 radical dark; mysterious

Words using 弦

• 管弦楽団 (かんげんがくだん) orchestra
• 弦 (げん) bowstring
• 管弦 (かんげん) wind and string instruments
• 弦楽 (げんがく) music for strings
• 弦楽器 (げんがっき) string instrument
• 弓弦 (ゆみづる) bowstring
• 弦音 (つるおと) sound of vibrating bowstring
• 弦鋸 (つるのこ) hacksaw
• 弦巻 (つるまき) reel for a spare bowstring
• 弦袋 (つるぶくろ) reel for a spare bowstring

49 words in all.

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