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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
  1. bowstring
  2. string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
  3. bail (arched pot handle)
  4. diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

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