Jiten
Media
Tools
Guides
Community
Log in
Create an account
筝
Kanji meaning "koto"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #5369
Kanken Level 1
TMW TMW Owner
12 strokes
Meanings
koto
On'yomi
ソウ
ショウ
Kun'yomi
こと
Stroke order
(12 strokes)
Composed of
竹
bamboo
radical
争
contend
Components and stroke order from
KanjiVG
(
CC BY-SA 3.0
)
Reading usage
そう
6 (86%)
こと
1 (14%)
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
View all