Kanji
琴
kanji character
harp
koto
琴 kanji-琴 harp, koto
琴
Meaning
harp and koto
Readings
Kun'yomi
- こと づめ koto plectrum
- こと じ bridge of a koto
- こと ざ Lyra (constellation)
On'yomi
- きん せん heartstrings
- きん きょく koto music
- きん しつ qin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither)
- わ ごん wagon
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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琴 qin (7-stringed Chinese zither), guqin -
琴 線 heartstrings, koto string -
琴 爪 koto plectrum -
琴 柱 bridge of a koto -
琴 曲 koto music -
琴 座 Lyra (constellation), the Lyre -
琴 瑟 qin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither), happy marriage -
琴 鳥 superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) -
竪 琴 harp, lyre - たて
琴 harp, lyre -
風 琴 organ, harmonium -
木 琴 xylophone -
提 琴 tiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow), violin -
鉄 琴 metallophone, carillon, glockenspiel -
洋 琴 yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), piano -
小 琴 koto (usu. small) -
弾 琴 playing on the koto -
調 琴 playing the koto -
口 琴 Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue) -
和 琴 wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither -
東 琴 wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither -
胡 琴 huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow), biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute) -
月 琴 yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute) -
奚 琴 xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument) -
携 琴 sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow) -
倭 琴 yamatogoto, wagon, six or seven-stringed native Japanese zither -
立 琴 koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills -
古 琴 guqin (Chinese seven-string zither) -
箏 の琴 koto -
手 風 琴 accordion, melodeon, concertina