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琴 means 'koto'
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The koto (Japanese zither) connects to dragons, blindness, class differences, rice paddies, marriage, and an important myth. Find out why one needs to read each 琴 in 琴の琴 with different yomi. See which natural feature in Japan was named after a type of 琴, and learn about hidden kotos in the garden. Also discover certain Japanese words that always pull on people's heartstrings.
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琴 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 琴 is used 42 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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