Keyword
bow string
- string instrument
- hypotenuse
- Frequency
- #2390
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
xián
Mnemonic
弓 (bow) gives the meaning and 玄 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
弦
bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse
和弦
(music) chord
琴弦
string (of a stringed instrument)
弦乐
string music
管弦乐
orchestral music
心弦
heartstrings
弦乐器
string instrument
正弦
(math.) sine
扣人心弦
to excite; to thrill; exciting; thrilling; cliff-hanging
管弦乐队
orchestra
上弦
to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc; to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc; first quarter (phase of the moon)
三弦
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
改弦易辙
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction; to dance to a different tune
管弦乐团
orchestra
弓弦
bowstring
弦外之音
overtone (music); (fig.) connotation; implied meaning
余弦
(math.) cosine
定弦
tuning (stringed instrument); (fig.) to make up one's mind
弦歌
to sing to a string accompaniment; education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
正弦波
sine wave; simple harmonic vibration
弦月
half-moon; the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
续弦
(literary) (of a widower) to remarry
七弦琴
guqin or seven-stringed zither
展弦比
(wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)