琴 – vocab dash

Keyword

harp

koto

Frequency: #1591
Strokes: 12
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1717

Readings

こと100%

Mnemonic

King, king and now: two crowned rulers stand by while the court musician plucks the strings of a long, graceful harp.

Stroke order

Composed of

王king 王king 今now

Used in vocabulary

琴こと

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

Noun

琴きん

qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin

Noun

琴きん線せん

heartstrings; koto string

Noun

木もっ琴きん

xylophone

Noun

大たい正しょう琴ごと

Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings

Noun

竪たて琴ごと

harp; lyre

Noun

月げっ琴きん

yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)

Noun

琴こと鳥どり

superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)

Noun

口こう琴きん

mouth harp; Jew's harp

Noun

口琴びやぼん

Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

Noun

風ふう琴きん

organ; harmonium

Noun

琴こと爪づめ

koto plectrum

Noun

和わ琴ごん

wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither

Noun

手て風ふう琴きん

accordion; melodeon; concertina

Noun

竪たて琴ごと海豹あざらし

harp seal (Phoca groenlandica)

Noun