琴 — Chinese character
琴
qín
Chinese lute or guitar, string instrument
- Pinyin
- qín
- Radical
- 96 ⽟ (Jade)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 玨 今
- Formation
- ideographic — Two guitar strings 玨 suggest the meaning; 今 provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 琴 as a kanji
Common words with 琴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钢琴 (鋼琴) | gāng qín | piano; measure word: 架 (jià), 台 (tái) |
| 小提琴 | xiǎo tí qín | fiddle; violin |
| 大提琴 | dà tí qín | cello (CL:把 (bǎ)) |
| 弹琴 (彈琴) | tán qín | to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument |
| 口琴 | kǒu qín | harmonica |
| 钢琴家 (鋼琴家) | gāng qín jiā | pianist |
| 风琴 (風琴) | fēng qín | pipe organ (musical instrument) |
| 琴弦 | qín xián | string (of a stringed instrument) |
| 管风琴 (管風琴) | guǎn fēng qín | organ; pipe organ |
| 竖琴 (豎琴) | shù qín | harp |
| 手风琴 (手風琴) | shǒu fēng qín | accordion |
| 古琴 | gǔ qín | guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers |
English words written with 琴
琴 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 12 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Mencius 5A.2
- Mencius 7B.6
- Mencius 7B.37
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 15
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