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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 11
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xián, xuàn
Cantonese: jin4
JapaneseKun: ITO
JapaneseOn: GEN
Korean: HYEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: string on musical instrument

CE-Dict: variant of 弦/bow string/string of musical instrument/watch spring/chord (straight line joining two points on a curve)/hypotenuse

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】 絃
【廣韻】【正韻】胡田切【集韻】【韻會】胡千切,𠀤音賢。【五經文字】琴瑟弦。亦用弦字作絃者,非。○按經典弦通作絃。【禮·樂記】淸廟之瑟,朱絃而疏越。【論語】聞絃歌之聲。 又【廣韻】許縣切【集韻】翾縣切【正韻】翾眩切,𠀤音絢。【博雅】繩素也。今人以爲呼煙切,失之矣。凡弓弩琴瑟弦,皆从弓。

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