琴
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
琴 (radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土人戈弓 (MGOIN), four-corner 11207, composition ⿱玨今)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 735, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21079
- Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1119, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7434
Chinese[edit]
| trad. | 琴 | |
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| simp. # | 琴 | |
| variant forms | ||
Glyph origin[edit]
| Historical forms of the character 琴 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 | |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrɯm): semantic 珡 + phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm).
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
琴
- (music) qin (“Chinese zithers”), referring to any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most famously the guqin
- † to play the qin
- (music) collective name for certain musical instruments, usually of string or keyboard types, such as piano, organ, violin, cello, huqin, accordion, harmonica, etc.
Descendants[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 琴
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Etymology 2[edit]
See 琴日.
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
琴
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
琴
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: ごん (gon)←ごん (gon, historical)←ごむ (gomu, ancient)
- Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)←きん (kin, historical)←きむ (kimu, ancient)
- Kun: こと (koto, 琴, Jōyō)
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
- 琴線 (kinsen, “koto string; heartstrings”)
- 琴曲 (kinkyoku, “koto music”)
- 一弦琴, 一絃琴 (ichigen-kin)
- 口琴 (kōkin, “Jew's harp”, literally "mouth harp")
- 自鳴琴 (jimeikin, “music box”)
- 弾琴 (dankin, “koto playing”)
- 鉄琴 (tekkin, “metallophone”)
- 手風琴 (tefūkin, “accordion”)
- 二弦琴 (nigen-kin)
- 馬頭琴 (batōkin)
- 口琴 (biyabon, “Edo-period mouth harp”)
- 木琴 (mokkin, “xylophone”)
- 和琴 (wagon)
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 琴 |
| こと Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
/ko2 oto2/ invalid IPA characters (22) → */kooto/ → /koto/
Likely from Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 木 (ko, “tree, wood”) + 音 (oto, “sound”), (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) with the initial o dropped by haplology.
Compare 事 (koto).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- koto: a Japanese traditional zither or harp, inspired by the guzheng (Chinese zither)
- (archaic) any stringed instrument
Usage notes[edit]
- Usually spelled as 箏, for the "Chinese zither" sense.
Synonyms[edit]
- (koto): 箏の琴 (sō no koto)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Proper noun[edit]
- a female given name
- a surname.
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 琴 |
| きん Grade: S |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 琴 (MC ɡˠiɪm). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- 七弦琴 (shichigen-kin)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- 奚琴 (keikin, “xiqin”)
- 月琴 (gekkin, “yueqin”)
- 瑟 (shitsu, “se”)
- 提琴 (teikin, “tiqin”)
- 洋琴 (yōkin, “yangqin”)
Proper noun[edit]
- a female given name
- a surname.
Etymology 3[edit]
Various nanori readings.
Proper noun[edit]
- a surname.
- a surname.
琴 (hiragana ことえ, rōmaji Kotoe)
- a female given name
琴 (hiragana ことざき, rōmaji Kotozaki)
- a surname.
琴 (hiragana ことみ, rōmaji Kotomi)
- a female given name
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
琴 • (geum) (hangeul 금, revised geum, McCune–Reischauer kŭm, Yale kum)
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Compounds[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
琴 (cầm)
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