月琴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	琴

Etymology

月 ("moon") + 琴 ("stringed instrument")

Noun

月琴 (hiragana げっきん, romaji gekkin)

1. a short-necked fretted plucked lute with a round wooden body, derived from the Chinese yueqin and formerly used in the traditional music of Japan

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Korean

Hanja in this word
月	琴

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 月琴, from 月 (“moon”) and 琴 (“stringed instrument”) .

Noun

月琴 (wolgeum)

1. Hanja form^? of 월금, “a round-bodied plucked lute with four strings and 13 frets, formerly used in the traditional music of Korea”.

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
月琴

Etymology

月 ("moon") + 琴 ("stringed instrument")

Noun

月琴 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yuèqín)

1. a short-necked fretted plucked lute with a round wooden body, used in the traditional music of China, particularly Beijing opera
2. a long-necked fretted plucked lute with a round wooden body, used in the traditional music of Taiwan

References

• "月琴" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-03-31.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778:

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
月	琴

Etymology

月 ("moon") + 琴 ("stringed instrument")

Noun

月琴 (nguyệt cầm)

1. đàn nguyệt