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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xián
Cantonese: jin4 jyun4
JapaneseKun: TSURU
JapaneseOn: GEN
Korean: HYEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: string; hypotenuse, crescent

CE-Dict: bow string/string of musical instrument/watchspring/chord (segment of curve)/hypotenuse/CL:根[gen1]

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.bowstrings; strings
2.spring
3.the first or last quarter of a lunar month
4.the chord of an arc
5.[Geometry] a hypotenuse

1.the string of a musical instrument; a cord
2.first and last quarters of the moon

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: chord - 數
quarter - 天

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: bowstring; catgut; chord; quadrature; subtense
【電】 string

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: bowstring; string; spring; chord

湘雅醫學專業詞典: chord;string

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《弦部》弦 弓弦也。从弓,象絲軫之形。凡弦之屬皆从弦。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集下】【弓字部】 弦
【廣韻】【正韻】戸田切【集韻】【韻會】戸千切,𠀤音賢。【說文】弓弦也。从弓,象絲軫之形也。【儀禮·鄕射禮】有司左執弣,右執弦而授弓。 又半月曰弦。【釋名】弦,半月之名也。其形一旁曲,一旁直,若張弓施弦也。【前漢·律歷志】淳于陵渠復覆太初歷,晦朔弦望皆最密。 又國名。【春秋·僖五年】楚人滅弦,弦子奔黃。【註】弦國在弋陽軑縣東南。 又姓。【廣韻】風俗通云:弦子後。【左傳·僖二十三年】鄭商人弦高。【哀四年】齊𨻰乞弦施救范氏。【哀十一年】使問弦多以琴。 又脈數曰弦。【史記·倉公傳】脈長而弦。 又弦蒲,弦中,皆地名。【前漢·地理志】正西曰雍州,藪曰弦蒲。【註】在汧縣,又雍州山北有蒲谷鄕弦中谷。 又與絃通。【禮·文王世子】春誦夏弦。【樂記】舜作五弦之琴,以歌南風。

Japanese-English River and Water Resources Glossary chord

CF-Dict: corde

Han-De-Dict: Gattin (u.E.) (S)/Halbmond (u.E.) (S)/Mondviertel (u.E.) (S)/Sprungfeder (u.E.) (S)