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

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鋸歯 【キョシ】 teeth of a saw, serration
  • 鋸屑 【ノコクズ】 sawdust
  • 胴付鋸 【ドウツキノコ】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 縦挽き鋸 【タテビキノコ】 ripsaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 鋸 【のこぎり】 saw, musical saw
  • 鋸鱝 【のこぎりえい】 sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
  • 胴付鋸 【どうつきのこ】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 縦挽き鋸 【たてびきのこ】 ripsaw
  • 鋸 【のこぎり】 saw, musical saw
  • 鋸鱝 【のこぎりえい】 sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
  • 胴付鋸 【どうつきのこぎり】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 回し引き鋸 【まわしびきのこぎり】 bracket saw, sabre saw, saber saw

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4, ju1
Korean:
geo

Spanish

  • sierra (para madera o metal)

Portuguese

French

4878 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40505 Morohashi
6297 New Nelson (John Haig)
2759 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8a8.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8716.4 Four corner code
1-21-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92f8 Unicode hex code