"弦" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. bowstring Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-弦-ja-character-q8woSfJz Categories (other): Common kanji Disambiguation of Common kanji: 50 50
  2. (geometry) chord Tags: kanji Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-弦-ja-character-JXNbqqW0 Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Common kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 15 85 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: (yumi) (ruby: (ゆみ)) (english: a bow)
Derived forms: 弦歌 (genka) (ruby: 弦歌(げんか)), 弦月 (gengetsu) (ruby: 弦月(げんげつ)), 移弦 (igen) (ruby: 移弦(いげん)), 下弦 (kangen) (ruby: 下弦(かんげん)), 管弦 (kangen) (ruby: 管弦(かんげん)), 三弦 (sangen) (ruby: 三弦(さんげん)), 正弦 (seigen) (ruby: 正弦(せいげん)), 上弦 (jōgen) (ruby: 上弦(じょうげん)), 調弦 (chōgen) (ruby: 調弦(ちょうげん)), 撥弦 (hatsugen) (ruby: 撥弦(はつげん)), 余弦 (yogen) (ruby: 余弦(よげん))

Noun

IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (げん)), gen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|げん}} 弦(げん) • (gen)
  1. (music) string of a stringed instrument Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-弦-ja-noun-wOvtrp9m Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 9 60 4 7 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 13 58 4 7 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 7 12 53 6 7 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 22 53 3 6 11 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (つる)), tsuru [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|つる}} 弦(つる) • (tsuru)
  1. a bowstring Synonyms: 弓弦
    Sense id: en-弦-ja-noun-t71W61bF
  2. (music) the string of an instrument Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-弦-ja-noun-F1qI7V3P Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. the bow-shaped handle of a pot or teapot
    Sense id: en-弦-ja-noun-4GIMc0i1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 弦巻 (tsurumaki) (ruby: 弦巻(つるまき)), 弦袋 (tsurubukuro) (ruby: 弦袋(つるぶくろ))
Etymology number: 2

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.