琴

Meaning

琴 centers on stringed musical instruments, specifically the harp and the Japanese koto, both played by plucking strings.

• 琴こと
  N2

  koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

• 琴線きんせん

  heartstrings

• 木琴もっきん

  xylophone

• 大正琴たいしょうごと

  Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings

• 竪琴たてごと

  harp; lyre

• 月琴げっきん

  yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)

• 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

• 三角琴さんかくごと

  trigon (ancient triangular harp); sambuca

• 二弦琴にげんきん

  two-stringed koto

• 五絃琴ごげんきん

  five-stringed instrument; pentachord

• 伽耶琴カヤグム

  gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)

• 口琴こうきん

  mouth harp; Jew's harp

• 古琴こきん

  guqin (Chinese seven-string zither)

• 和琴わごん

  wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither

• 大和琴やまとごと

  yamatogoto; wagon; six or seven-stringed native Japanese zither

• 奚琴けいきん

  xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)

• 小琴おごと

  koto (usu. small)

• 弾琴だんきん

  playing on the koto

• 心の琴線こころのきんせん

  heartstrings; innermost soul

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