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箏 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
ソウ・ショウそう・しょう · sō · shō
Kun
ことkoto
Meaning
koto (zither)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 爭 as phonetic: the instrument strung with thirteen strings.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 箏こと

    koto; Japanese zither

  • 箏曲そうきょく

    koto music

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

母(はは)は箏曲(そうきょく)の稽古(けいこ)に長(なが)く通(かよ)っている。

My mother has long attended koto lessons.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

箏曲箏曲bend竽an anc…笏ritual…笊a bamb…笆a bamb…笞a rod…屮a spro…卅thirty匆in has…艸grass皁black
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading ソウAll maps

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