絃 – vocab dash

Keyword

catgut

string
cord
samisen music

Strokes: 11
Grade: 9
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 2711

Readings

ゲン

いと

Stroke order

Composed of

糸thread 玄dark and mysterious

Used in vocabulary

絃つる

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

Noun

絃げん楽がく

music for strings; string music

Noun

管かん絃げん楽がく

orchestral music

Noun

三さん絃げん

shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou); three strings; three-stringed instrument

Noun

絃げん

string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument

Noun

管かん絃げん

wind and string instruments; music

Noun