弦
HSK 7freq #8692
Meanings
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- 1.bow string
- 2.string of musical instrument
- 3.watchspring
- 4.chord (segment of curve)
- 5.hypotenuse
- 6.CL:根[gēn]
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Wiktionary
- 1.string; bowstring
- 2.crescent
- 3.spring of a clock
- 4.string on a musical instrument
- 5.stringed instruments or music played by stringed instruments
- 6.chord
- 7.hypotenuse
- 8.wife
- 9.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡeːn): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我弄断了我吉他的一根弦。
I broke a string on my guitar.
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Derived terms
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Related words
弦论 string theory (in theoretical physics)三弦 sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra续弦 (literary) (of a widower) to remarry弦歌 to sing to a string accompaniment断弦 widowed促弦 to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)心弦 heartstrings下弦 last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)口弦 Jew's harp鹍弦 pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鹍鸡[kūn jī]弦数 number of strings (of an instrument)弦月 half-moon