琴
guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #992 U+7434
How 琴 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two guitar strings 玨 suggest the meaning; 今 provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
stringed instrument · Heisig RSH #2608
jewel + clock
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 琴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大提琴手 | dà tí qín shǒu | cellist |
| 马头琴 | mǎ tóu qín | morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument) |
| 电子琴 | diàn zǐ qín | electronic keyboard (music) |
| 小提琴手 | xiǎo tí qín shǒu | violinist; fiddler |
| 手风琴 | shǒu fēng qín | accordion |
| 口风琴 | kǒu fēng qín | melodica |
| 天琴星座 | Tiān qín xīng zuò | Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星[Zhi1 nu:3 xing1] |
| 低音大提琴 | dī yīn dà tí qín | double bass; contrabass |
| 管风琴 | guǎn fēng qín | organ; pipe organ |
| 林琴南 | Lín Qín nán | courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾[Lin2 Shu1] |
| 琴通尼 | qín tōng ní | (Tw) gin and tonic |
| 爱琴海 | Ài qín Hǎi | Aegean Sea |
| 大提琴 | dà tí qín | cello (CL:把[ba3]) |
| 中提琴 | zhōng tí qín | viola |
| 小提琴 | xiǎo tí qín | fiddle; violin |
| 对牛弹琴 | duì niú tán qín | lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audienc… |
| 天琴座 | Tiān qín zuò | Lyra (constellation) |
| 琴通宁 | qín tōng níng | (Tw) gin and tonic |
| 黑琴鸡 | hēi qín jī | (bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) |
| 索尔仁尼琴 | Suǒ ěr rén ní qín | Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of t… |