Kanji
Readingげん
Frequency20%
Used in (13 in total)
string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument
wind and string instruments; music
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument
singing and (string) music
music for strings; string music
string instrument; stringed instrument
single-stringed Japanese zither
geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living
sound of the strings
five strings; five-stringed instrument
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto