Moto 琴: Harp; KotoKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キン、ゴン
- Kun'yomi
- こと
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 54 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キン・ゴン)
- 一弦琴いちげんきんsingle-stringed Japanese zither
- 一絃琴いちげんきんsingle-stringed Japanese zither
- 七弦琴しちげんきんqin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin
- 七絃琴しちげんきんqin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin
- 二弦琴にげんきんtwo-stringed koto
- 伽倻琴かやきんgayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
- 伽耶琴かやきんgayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
- 口琴こうきんmouth harp; Jew's harp
- 古琴こきんguqin (Chinese seven-string zither)
- 和琴わごんwagon; yamatogoto
- 奚琴けいきんxiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)
- 弾琴だんきんplaying on the koto
- 心の琴線こころのきんせんheartstrings; innermost soul
- 手風琴てふうきんaccordion; melodeon
- 提琴ていきんtiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
- 携琴けいきんsihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
- 月琴げっきんyueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)
- 木琴もっきんxylophone
- 水琴窟すいきんくつburied earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)
- 洋琴ようきんyangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)
- 琴曲きんきょくkoto music
- 琴瑟きんしつqin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither)
- 琴瑟相和きんしつそうわpair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious; being happily married
- 琴瑟相和すきんしつあいわすto be happily married; to go together like two zithers
- 琴線きんせんheartstrings
- 琴線に触れるきんせんにふれるto strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings
- 紙腔琴しこうきんJapanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)
- 胡琴こきんhuqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)
- 自鳴琴じめいきんmusical box; music box
- 調琴ちょうきんplaying the koto
- 鉄琴てっきんmetallophone; carillon
- 風琴ふうきんorgan; harmonium
- 馬頭琴ばとうきんmorin khuur (stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin); matouqin
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 琴ことkoto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
- たて琴たてごとharp; lyre
- 三角琴さんかくごとtrigon (ancient triangular harp); sambuca
- 倭琴やまとごとyamatogoto; wagon
- 大正琴たいしょうごとNagoya harp; Taishō koto
- 小琴おごとkoto (usu. small)
- 琴座ことざLyra (constellation); the Lyre
- 琴爪ことづめkoto plectrum
- 琴鳥ことどりsuperb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
- 琵琶の琴びわのことbiwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
- 立琴たてごとkoto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills
- 竪琴たてごとharp; lyre
- 箏の琴そうのことkoto
- 須磨琴すまごとsingle-stringed Japanese zither
Other readings
- 吾妻琴あずまごとwagon; yamatogoto
- 大和琴やまとごとyamatogoto; wagon
- 斧琴菊よきこときくdyeing pattern with a yoki, koto bridge and a chrysanthemum
- 東琴あずまごとwagon; yamatogoto
- 琴柱ことじbridge of a koto
- 百済琴くだらごとkonghou (ancient Chinese harp)
- 竪琴海豹たてごとあざらしharp seal (Phoca groenlandica)
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