弦
See also: 絃
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
弦 (radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜女戈 (NYVI), four-corner 10232, composition ⿰弓玄)
ReferencesEdit
- 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
ChineseEdit
| trad. | 弦/絃 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 弦 | |
Glyph originEdit
| Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 弦 | *ɡeːn |
| 絃 | *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn |
| 舷 | *ɡeːn |
| 痃 | *ɡeːn |
| 胘 | *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 蚿 | *ɡeːn |
| 伭 | *ɡeːn |
| 婱 | *ɡeːn |
| 玄 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 眩 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 玹 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 玆 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 詃 | *kʷeːn |
| 泫 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 鉉 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 炫 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 袨 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 衒 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 惤 | *ɡʷreːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡeːn): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
弦
- string
- 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
ReferencesEdit
JapaneseEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
弦 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)
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