琴 – harp, koto

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The kanji 琴 means harp, koto. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キン、ゴン (kin, gon); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こと (koto). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 玉 (no. 96).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キン	kin
On’yomi	ゴン	gon
Kun’yomi	こと	koto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 玉 (Kangxi radical 96). Components: 王・个・一.

Words using 琴

琴ことkoto (13-stringed Japanese zither)琴きんqin (7-stringed Chinese zither)

Example sentences

彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。

She likes to play the koto very much.

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Kanji with the same radical

現理球環王玉珍班珠玩

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