弦 — bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
げん
弦
bowstring
Grade S
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
8 strokes
U+5F26
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1773
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1487
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- bowstring
- chord
- hypotenuse
Readings
- On'yomi
- げん gen
- Kun'yomi
- つる tsuru