Search Kanji for 前/meaning-of-弦

in front

Radical:

Parts:一刂月并

Dictionary:

Meanings

in front; before

ゼンzen
まえmae · -まえ-mae
Popularity rank: 27 Pinyin: qián Korean: jeon Hán-Việt: tiền
Stroke counts: 9 Grade level: 2 JLPT level: 4 Skip code: 2-2-7

Example Words

御前[omai] you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
御前さん[omaesan] you
已前[izen] ago
以前に[izenni] ago
一人前[ichininmae] becoming adult
一人前になる[ichininmaeninaru] to come of age
一昔前[hitomukashimae] long ago
一歩前進[ippozenshin] (a) step forward
駅前[ekimae] in front of station
駅前通り[ekimaedoori] street in front of station

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bowstring

Radical:

Parts:弓玄亠幺

Dictionary:

Meanings

bowstring; chord; hypotenuse

ゲンgen
つるtsuru
Popularity rank: 1773 Pinyin: xián Korean: hyeon Hán-Việt: huyền
Stroke counts: 8 Grade level: 8 JLPT level: 1 Skip code: 1-3-5

Example Words

ギターの弦[gitaanogen] guitar string
一弦琴[ichigenkin] single-stringed Japanese zither
下弦[kagen] (moon's) last quarter
下弦の月[kagennotsuki] waning moon
管弦[kangen] wind and string instruments
管弦楽[kangengaku] orchestral music
管弦楽団[kangengakudan] orchestra
弓弦[yumizuru] bowstring
弦音[tsuruoto] sound of vibrating bowstring
弦楽[gengaku] music for strings

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