弦 (xián) — Chinese Character

弦

xián

bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse

Radical: 弓 HSK 7 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

弦 decomposes into the following components:

弓玄

Semantic component: 弓; phonetic component: 玄.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 弦.

三弦

sān xián

上弦

shàng xián

下弦

xià xián

余弦

yú xián

促弦

cù xián

口弦

kǒu xián

和弦

hé xián

定弦

dìng xián

弓弦

gōng xián

弦乐

xián yuè

弦数

xián shù

弦月

xián yuè

Characters that share the radical 弓.

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