Kanji1 / 12
琴 kanji
harp, koto
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
キンゴン
Kun readings
こと
Variant forms
珡琹Words with 琴
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —二弦琴two-stringed koto
- —七弦琴qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto
- —馬頭琴morin khuur (stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin); matouqin
- —自鳴琴musical box; music box
- —紙腔琴Japanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)
- —水琴窟buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)
- —伽耶琴gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
- —五絃琴five-stringed instrument; pentachord
- —心の琴線heartstrings; innermost soul
- —琴瑟相和pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious; being happily married
- —琴瑟相和すto be happily married; to go together like two zithers
- —琴線に触れるto strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
- —断琴の交わりvery close friendship; deep and intimate bond
- —一絃琴single-stringed Japanese zither
- —二絃琴two-stringed koto
- —七絃琴qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto
- —伽倻琴gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
- —琴線にふれるto strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate