弦

common

ゲン/GEN/    つる/tsuru/GEN/ゲン/    tsuru/つる/

bowstring;  chord;  hypotenuse

Radical: 弓 (bow).   Strokes: 8画.   Elements: 弓玄亠幺.   Pinyin: xián.   Hangul: 현 [hyeon].

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
ゲンGEN三弦【さんげんsangen】three-stringed instrument; samisen
弦楽器【げんがっきgengakki】stringed instruments
管弦楽【かんげんがくkangengaku】orchestral music
つるtsuru弦【つるtsuru】bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
弦音【つるおとtsuruoto】sound of vibrating bowstring
弦鍋【つるなべtsurunabe】pot with a bail for a handle
Codepoints and classification codes:
5f26–Unicode
24-25–JIS X 0208
1-3-5–SKIP
3h5.1–TKD
1023.2–Four Corner
3571–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1568–Classic Nelson
1688–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
287–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
213–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1386–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1617–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1345–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
1624–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
9754–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 4 p. 700
1228–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1226–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
1270–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1169–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1446–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
608–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1398–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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