弦

Meaning

弦 centers on a taut line under tension: a bowstring, a musical chord, or the hypotenuse of a right triangle, all sharing the idea of a straight, stretched connection.

• 弦つる

  bowstring

• 弦げん

  bowstring

• 管弦楽かんげんがく

  orchestral music

• 弦楽げんがく

  music for strings; string music

• 弦楽器げんがっき

  string instrument; stringed instrument

• 弦巻つるまき

  reel for a spare bowstring

• 正弦せいげん

  sine

• 上弦じょうげん

  first quarter moon; waxing half-moon

• 下弦かげん

  last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon

• 弓弦ゆみづる

  bowstring

• 管弦かんげん

  wind and string instruments; music

• 管弦楽団かんげんがくだん

  orchestra

• 三弦さんげん

  shamisen; samisen

• ギター弦ギターげん

  guitar string

• 一弦琴いちげんきん

  single-stringed Japanese zither

• 七弦琴しちげんきん

  qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto

• 上弦の月じょうげんのつき

  first quarter moon; waxing half-moon

• 下弦の月かげんのつき

  last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon

• 二弦琴にげんきん

  two-stringed koto

• 五弦ごげん

  five strings; five-stringed instrument

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