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弦
Cangjie code for 弦
弓卜女戈
NYVI
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弓
卜
女
戈
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弓戈(NI)
Pronunciation & meaning
Pronunciation
Mandarin
ㄒㄧㄢˊ
xián
Cantonese
jin4
Meaning
string; hypotenuse, crescent
Kangxi Radical
弓 · 8 strokes
Common words
琴
弦
qín xián
string (of a stringed instrument)
正
弦
zhèng xián
(math.) sine
和
弦
hé xián
(music) chord
三
弦
sān xián
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
弓
弦
gōng xián
bowstring
心
弦
xīn xián
heartstrings
弦
外
之
音
xián wài zhī yīn
overtone (music); (fig.) connotation
定
弦
dìng xián
tuning (stringed instrument); (fig.) to make up one's mind
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