琴 — kanji meaning “harp”
琴
harp, koto
- Meanings
- harp, koto
- On'yomi
- キン (kin)、ゴン (gon)
- Kun'yomi
- こと
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1591 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 96
- Chinese reading
- qín — Chinese character page
Words with 琴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 琴線 | きんせん kinsen | heartstrings |
| 木琴 | もっきん mokkin | xylophone |
| 大正琴 | たいしょうごと taishougoto | Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings |
| 竪琴 | たてごと tategoto | harp; lyre |
| 月琴 | げっきん gekkin | yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute) |
| 口琴 | こうきん koukin | mouth harp; Jew's harp |
| 風琴 | ふうきん fuukin | organ; harmonium |
| 琴爪 | ことづめ kotozume | koto plectrum |
| 和琴 | わごん wagon | wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither |
| 手風琴 | てふうきん tefuukin | accordion; melodeon; concertina |
| 一弦琴 | いちげんきん ichigenkin | single-stringed Japanese zither |
| 三角琴 | さんかくごと sankakugoto | trigon (ancient triangular harp); sambuca |
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