Miaozi

弦

xiánㄒㄧㄢˊ
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HSK 7

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    bow string

  2. 2

    string of musical instrument

  3. 3

    watchspring

  4. 4

    chord (segment of curve)

  5. 5

    hypotenuse

  6. 6

    CL:根[gen1]

Examples

See it in context

我弄断了我吉他的一根弦。

我弄斷了我吉他的一根弦。

I broke a string on my guitar.

專家就好像一台只有一根弦的小提琴一樣。

專家就好像一臺只有一根弦的小提琴一樣。

Specialists are people who have only one string on their violin.

Characters

Character breakdown

弓

gōng

surname Gong

玄

xuán

black

Stroke practice

Practice writing 弦

Characters

simplified script

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