Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 8

弦

Meaning in English

bowstring, chord, hypotenuse

Readings

Onyomi: ゲン Kunyomi: つる Romaji: gen / tsuru

Stroke order

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弦

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese corda do arco, corda, hipotenusa

Spanish cuerda de arco, cuerda, hipotenusa

Korean 활시위, 현, 빗변

French corde d'arc, corde, hypoténuse

Italian corda dell'arco, corda, ipotenusa

German Bogensehne, Sehne, Hypotenuse

Indonesian tali busur, tali busur, hipotenusa

★ Vietnamese dây cung, dây cung, cạnh huyền

Thai สายธนู, คอร์ด, ด้านตรงข้ามมุมฉาก

Kanji

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