Kanji
Readingげん
Frequency84%
Used in (44 in total)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
1st quarter of moon; crescent moon
string instrument; stringed instrument
wind and string instruments; music
music for strings; string music
(moon's) last quarter
crescent moon
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto
three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)
wind and string instruments
singing and (string) music
single-stringed Japanese zither
Chinese and Japanese poetry and instrumental music; poetry and music; literature and music
plucked string instrument
guitar string
geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living
string-crossing (violin, cello, etc.)
two-stringed koto
bowed stringed instrument
wind, string and percussion instruments
chord member