弦
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bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 弓 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 弦
- Common rank
- #1,291
- Unicode
- U+5F26
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Formation & memory
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Words with 弦
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大三和弦 | major triad do-mi-so | |
| 小三和弦 | minor triad la-do-mi | |
| 弦外之音 | overtone (music); (fig.) connotation; implied meaning | |
| 弦外之意 | see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1] | |
| 正弦定理 | law of sines | |
| 分散和弦 | (music) arpeggio | |
| 三和弦 | (music) triad; three-note chord | |
| 管弦乐团 | orchestra | |
| 主和弦 | tonic triad; triad of the home key | |
| 击弦类乐器 | hammered string musical instrument | |
| 弦乐器 | string instrument | |
| 上弦月 | first quarter moon | |
| 双曲正弦 | hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) | |
| 下弦月 | third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon | |
| 管弦乐 | orchestral music | |
| 管弦乐队 | orchestra | |
| 弦理论 | string theory (physics) | |
| 正弦波 | sine wave; simple harmonic vibration | |
| 正弦形 | sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave) | |
| 常德丝弦 | Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 玄 — compare how they read.