絃
Information about character(s)
Radical: 糸Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 弦
Pronunciation
Pinyin: xián, xuànCantonese: jin4
JapaneseKun: ITO
JapaneseOn: GEN
Korean: HYEN
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: string on musical instrumentCE-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)