絃 (jin4 | xian2) : string (on a musical instrument)

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絃

jin4

xian2

[1] string on a musical instrument; cord [2] stringed musical instrument [3] string on a bow (commonly 弦)

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

絃 / 弦

This word has been viewed 4013 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by 穆斯林 on 8th Feb 2010 21:19

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絃索 jin4 sok3 xian2 suo3 = stringed instruments (collectively)

三絃樂器 saam1 jin4 ngok6 hei3 san1 xian2 yue4 qi4 = rebec, rebeck; trichord Renaissance fiddle

絃樂 jin4 ngok6 xian2 yue4 = string music

七絃琴 cat1 jin4 kam4 qi1 xian2 qin2 = qin (musical instrument), heptachord

五絃琴 ng5 jin4 kam4 wu3 xian2 qin2 = pentachord (musical instrument)

俄式三絃琴 ngo4 sik1 saam1 jin4 kam4 e2 shi4 san1 xian2 qin2 = balalaika

八絃琴 baat3 jin4 kam4 ba1 xian2 qin2 = octochord (musical instrument)

單絃琴 daan1 jin4 kam4 dan1 xian2 qin2 = monochord

四絃琴 sei3 jin4 kam4 si4 xian2 qin2 = tetrachord (musical instrument)

琴絃 kam4 jin4 qin2 xian2 = string (of musical instrument)
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Decimal representation of this word: 絃
Unicode code for this character: U+7d43 (off-site link)

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