Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
Kun:
つる
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1773 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弦 【ゲン】 bowstring, string (of a shamisen, etc.), stringed instrument, chord, hypotenuse
  • 弦楽 【ゲンガク】 music for strings, string music
  • 三弦 【サンゲン】 shamisen, samisen, sanxian (Chinese lute), the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou), three strings, three-stringed instrument
  • 移弦 【イゲン】 string-crossing (violin, cello, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 弦 【つる】 bowstring, string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.), bail (arched pot handle), diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
  • 弦音 【つるおと】 sound of vibrating bowstring

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian2
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • cuerda (arco
  • instrumento musical)
  • media luna
  • hipotenusa

Portuguese

  • Corda (arco
  • violão)
  • corda
  • hipotenusa

French

  • corde d'arc
  • corde
  • hypoténuse
1228 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1617 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1568 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1624 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1270 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1345 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1226 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1290 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1446 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
608 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
343 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
213 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
257 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1398 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9754 Morohashi
287 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1386 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1487 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1169 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3571 2001 Kanji
3h5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1023.2 Four corner code
1-24-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f26 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
moon, month
Parts:
month, moon
Kun:
つき
On:
ゲツガツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
23 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 月 【ゲツ】 Monday
  • 月額 【ゲツガク】 monthly amount (sum)
  • 隔月 【カクゲツ】 every second month, every other month
  • 望月 【モチヅキ】 full moon, moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar), full moon of the eighth lunar month
  • 月輪 【ゲツリン】 (full) moon, moon when it's round
  • 旧正月 【キュウショウガツ】 lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
  • お正月 【オショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January

Kun reading compounds

  • 月 【つき】 Moon, month, moonlight, (a) moon, natural satellite
  • 月末 【げつまつ】 end of the month
  • 卯月 【うづき】 fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 祥月 【しょうつき】 month of a person's death

Readings

Japanese names:
おと、 がっ、 す、 ずき、 もり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yue4
Korean:
weol

Spanish

  • mes
  • luna

Portuguese

  • mês
  • lua

French

  • lune
  • mois
12 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
16 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
26 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2169 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
13 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
59 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
80 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
17 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1002 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3674 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1876 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2556 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14330 Morohashi
2956 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2530 New Nelson (John Haig)
13 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
13 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
66 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
28 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3946 2001 Kanji
4b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-23-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6708 Unicode hex code