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琴

harp
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingキン、ゴン
Kun readingこと
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. harpRtK
    胡琴 (こきん)Kokinwiki
    琴高群仙図 雪村Qingao and Other Immortals, Sessonwiki
  2. koto
    彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。She likes to play the koto very much.tatoeba
  1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
  2. stringed instrument

Synonyms

斗

Homonyms

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Same reading (こと)
事 · thing古都 · ancient city

Radicals and components

Radical玉jade
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉) · now · clock

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1717

Compound words

琴線きんせん
heartstrings
琴瑟きんしつ
qin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither)
竪琴たてごと
harp
風琴ふうきん
organ
木琴もっきん
xylophone
奚琴けいきん
xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)
たて琴たてごと
harp
一弦琴いちげんきん
single-stringed Japanese zither
一絃琴いちげんきん
single-stringed Japanese zither
三角琴さんかくごと
trigon (ancient triangular harp)
手風琴てふうきん
accordion
二絃琴にげんきん
two-stringed koto
箏の琴そうのこと
koto
琴瑟相和きんしつそうわ
pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious
心の琴線こころのきんせん
heartstrings
竪琴海豹たてごとあざらし
harp seal (Phoca groenlandica)
琵琶の琴びわのこと
biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
琴瑟相和すきんしつあいわす
to be happily married

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 琴

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