和琴

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和琴 (wagon): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed wagon.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ごん
Grade: S
goon
Alternative spelling
倭琴

Etymology[edit]

Probably coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of (wa, Japan, Japanese) +‎ (gon, koto, zither).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(ごん) (wagon

  1. a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan