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    3. 琴

    琴

    琴こと

    harp

    N1KMT9Freq #1591Culture & TraditionsMusic & EntertainmentKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    こと

    On'yomi

    キンゴン

    harpkoto

    今

    王
    人
    一

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    棯捻稔唸貪蔭莟衾

    Alternative forms of this concept

    玉
    玊
    ⺩

    Concepts using this kanji

    琴

    koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

    大正琴

    Nagoya harp

    大和琴

    yamatogoto

    月琴

    yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)

    東琴

    wagon

    口琴

    mouth harp

    小琴

    koto (usu. small)

    百済琴

    konghou (ancient Chinese harp)

    手風琴

    accordion

    心の琴線

    heartstrings

    木琴

    xylophone

    三角琴

    trigon (ancient triangular harp)

    立琴

    koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills

    和琴

    wagon

    調琴

    playing the koto

    古琴

    guqin (Chinese seven-string zither)

    提琴

    tiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

    琴線

    heartstrings

    風琴

    organ

    一弦琴

    single-stringed Japanese zither

    自鳴琴

    musical box

    馬頭琴

    morin khuur (stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin)

    鉄琴

    metallophone

    琴曲

    koto music

    二弦琴

    two-stringed koto

    洋琴

    yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)

    琴線に触れる

    to strike a chord

    七弦琴

    qin (7-stringed Chinese zither)

    紙腔琴

    Japanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)

    琴瑟相和す

    to be happily married

    琴瑟相和

    pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious

    水琴窟

    buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)

    弾琴

    playing on the koto

    琴柱

    bridge of a koto

    携琴

    sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

    琴鳥

    superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)

    五絃琴

    five-stringed instrument

    斧琴菊

    dyeing pattern with a yoki, koto bridge and a chrysanthemum

    琴爪

    koto plectrum

    竪琴海豹

    harp seal (Phoca groenlandica)

    須磨琴

    single-stringed Japanese zither

    胡琴

    huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)

    箏の琴

    koto

    琵琶の琴

    biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

    奚琴

    xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)

    竪琴

    harp

    琴瑟

    qin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither)

    伽耶琴

    gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 一
    • 人
    • 王

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    • 一弦琴
    • 琴線
    • 琴
    • 三角琴
    • 手風琴
    • 心の琴線
    • 竪琴
    • 風琴
    • 木琴
    • 提琴
    • 琴爪
    • 琴柱
    • 琴瑟相和す
    • 二弦琴
    • 鉄琴
    • 洋琴
    • 小琴
    • 琴曲
    • 大正琴
    • 弾琴
    • 調琴
    • 琴瑟相和
    • 口琴
    • 和琴
    • 東琴
    • 七弦琴
    • 百済琴
    • 胡琴
    • 月琴
    • 奚琴
    • 携琴
    • 馬頭琴
    • 琵琶の琴
    • 須磨琴
    • 琴瑟
    • 竪琴海豹
    • 琴鳥
    • 自鳴琴
    • 紙腔琴
    • 大和琴
    • 立琴
    • 水琴窟
    • 箏の琴
    • 琴線に触れる
    • 斧琴菊
    • 古琴
    • 伽耶琴
    • 五絃琴

    Similar concepts

    • 棯
    • 捻
    • 稔
    • 唸
    • 貪
    • 蔭
    • 莟
    • 衾

    Variants

    • 玉
    • 玊
    • ⺩

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