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弦 means 'bowstring'
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ゲン
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Discover the imaginative leaps the Japanese have made by associating 弦 with objects whose shapes suggest curved archery bows and their taut strings. Learn terms for “guitar string” and two categories of stringed instruments, as well as “string quartet” and “orchestra.” Also find out how to speak of stringed, wind, and percussion instruments collectively with a tidy acronym.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 弦 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 弦 is used 50 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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noun
1. bowstring2. string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
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(read as づる)
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An additional つる less common words include 弦 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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