箏

a koto

14 strokes. Newspaper frequency rank 2290.

Readings

• ソウ (on reading): 箏曲 (そうきょく) koto music; 俗箏 (ぞくそう) modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso)
• ショウ (on reading)
• こと (kun reading): 筑紫箏 (つくしごと) Tsukushi-goto (earliest school of solo koto music)

Components

• 竹
• 爭
• 亅 radical hook
• 乞 radical beg
• ヨ radical snout, katakana yo
• 爪 radical claw
• 竹 radical bamboo

Words using 箏

• 箏曲 (そうきょく) koto music
• 俗箏 (ぞくそう) modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso)
• 楽箏 (がくそう) ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
• 箏曲家 (そうきょくか) koto player
• 箏の琴 (そうのこと) koto
• 筑紫箏 (つくしごと) Tsukushi-goto (earliest school of solo koto music)

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