弦
See also: 絃
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
弦 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜女戈 (NYVI), four-corner 10232, composition ⿰弓玄)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 357, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9754
- Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 993, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5F26
ChineseEdit
trad. | 弦/絃* | |
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simp. | 弦 | |
alternative forms | ⿰弓𤣥 𢎺 𢏸 |
Glyph originEdit
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡeːn): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
弦
- string; bowstring
- crescent
- spring of a clock
- (music) string on a musical instrument
- (music) stringed instruments or music played by stringed instruments
- (mathematics) chord
- (geometry) hypotenuse
- (figuratively) wife
- a surname.
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 弦
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ReferencesEdit
- “弦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
弦
ReadingsEdit
CompoundsEdit
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KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
弦 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)
- bowstring
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
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