弦

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Min Nan 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

弦 (radical 57 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜女戈 (NYVI), four-corner 1023₂)

1. string
2. string (of a bowed instrument)
3. hypotenuse, crescent, chord

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 357, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9754
• Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 993, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F26

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

弦 (Yale yin4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

弦 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: げん (gen)
• Kun: つる (tsuru)

[edit] Compounds

• 管弦楽
• 弦歌
• 三弦

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

弦 (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune-Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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[edit] Mandarin

simplified	弦
traditional	弦 or 絃

[edit] Hanzi

弦 (pinyin xián (xian2), Wade-Giles hsien²)

[edit] Noun

弦 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xián)

1. string on a musical instrument

[edit] Compounds

• 口弦
• 单弦
• 三弦

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ hɪɛn˧˥ ]

[edit] Noun

弦 (traditional and simplified, POJ hiân)

1. (literary) string on a musical instrument

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

弦 (huyền)