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絃

string
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingゲン
Kun readingいと
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. string
  2. cord
  3. samisen music
  4. catgutRtK

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

管絃かんげん
wind and string instruments
絃楽げんがく
music for strings
絃声げんせい
sound of the strings
絃線げんせん
catgut
五絃ごげん
five strings
三絃さんげん
shamisen
一絃琴いちげんきん
single-stringed Japanese zither
管絃楽かんげんがく
orchestral music
絃楽器げんがっき
string instrument
二絃琴にげんきん
two-stringed koto

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 絃

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step