漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
琴: harp, koto
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
王 carries the meaning · 今 gives the sound
12 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 琴線きんせんheartstrings
- 風琴ふうきんorgan; harmonium
ことkoto · kun'yomi · on its own
- 琴ことkoto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
Also read ゴン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A treasure for royalty! While it looks like a "king," the true soul of this radical is "jade."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
今
Also built on now (今)
琴 takes the 今 family's reading, キン (kin).
Also read ゴン
7 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side琴 harp · 今
vs斑 spot · 文In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qín
Same form: 琴 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 琴 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 琴 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qín most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
One click tells us. No sign-up.