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筝 Kanji meaning "koto"

Jiten frequency #5369Kanken Level 1TMW TMW Owner12 strokes

Meanings

koto

On'yomi

ソウショウ

Kun'yomi

こと

Composed of

竹bambooradical
争contend

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

筝(そう)曲(きょく)koto music#250602古(こ)筝(そう)guzheng (type of ancient Chinese zither)#300942俗(ぞく)筝(そう)modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso)#468561楽(がく)筝(そう)ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music#468561秀筝(しゅうそう)Shuusou#468561筝(そう)Sou#468561

Most common words using this kanji

筝(こと)koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)#182686筝(そう)曲(きょく)koto music#250602古(こ)筝(そう)guzheng (type of ancient Chinese zither)#300942俗(ぞく)筝(そう)modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso)#468561筝柱(ことじ)bridge of a koto#468561楽(がく)筝(そう)ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music#468561筝(そう)Sou#468561筝田(たけのこだ)Takenokoda#468561秀筝(しゅうそう)Shuusou#468561
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