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弦

bowstring
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingゲン
Kun readingつる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. bowstringRtK
    管弦楽団は郷愁に満ちた音楽を演奏し始めた。The orchestra struck up nostalgic music.tatoeba
    弦を引っ掛けて離すTo hook and release the stringswiki
  2. chord
  3. hypotenuse
  1. string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
  2. bail (arched pot handle)
  3. diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

Synonyms

枡

Homonyms

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Same reading (つる)
釣る · to fish鶴 · crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the r…吊る · to hang

Radicals and components

Radical弓bow
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bow (弓) · mysterious · top hat (亠) · cocoon

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1487

Compound words

弦楽げんがく
music for strings; string music
管弦楽かんげんがく
orchestral music
弦楽器げんがっき
string instrument; stringed instrument
管弦楽団かんげんがくだん
orchestra
下弦かげん
last quarter moon
管弦かんげん
wind and string instruments
弓弦ゆみづる
bowstring
弦音つるおと
sound of vibrating bowstring
一弦琴いちげんきん
single-stringed Japanese zither
鈎股弦こうこげん
three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)
ギター弦ギターげん
guitar string
下弦の月かげんのつき
last quarter moon
鈎股弦の定理こうこげんのていり
Pythagorean theorem
弦楽五重奏曲げんがくごじゅうそうきょく
string quintet
弦楽四重奏曲げんがくしじゅうそうきょく
string quartet

Additional Examples

調弦に由来するもの
Those that are based on tuningwiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 弦

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