弦

See also 絃

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

弦 (jyutping jin4, jyun4, Yale yin4, yun4)

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Japanese

Kanji

弦 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: げん (gen)
• Kun: つる (tsuru)

Compounds

• 管弦楽
• 弦歌
• 三弦

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

simpl.		弦
trad.		弦 or 絃

Hanzi

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

Noun

弦 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xián)

1. string on a musical instrument

Compounds

• 口弦
• 单弦
• 三弦

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ hɪɛn˧˥ ]

Noun

弦 (traditional and simplified, POJ hiân)

1. (literary) string on a musical instrument

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Vietnamese

Han character

弦 (huyền)