Kanji 琴 Words: Meanings and Readings

筝

こと

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

こと座

ことざ

Lyra (constellation)

たて琴

たてごと

harp

一弦琴

いちげんきん

single-stringed Japanese zither

伽倻琴

かやきん

gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)

琴

きん

qin (7-stringed Chinese zither)

琴曲

きんきょく

koto music

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

琴柱

ことじ

bridge of a koto

琴鳥

ことどり

superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)

琴爪

ことづめ

koto plectrum

琴瑟

きんしつ

happy marriage

琴瑟相和

きんしつそうわ

pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious

琴瑟相和す

きんしつあいわす

to be happily married

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)

古琴

こきん

guqin (Chinese seven-string zither)

胡琴

こきん

biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

五絃琴

ごげんきん

five-stringed instrument

吾妻琴

あずまごと

wagon

口琴

びやぼん

Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

口琴

こうきん

mouth harp

三角琴

さんかくごと

trigon (ancient triangular harp)

紙腔琴

しこうきん

Japanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)

自鳴琴

じめいきん

musical box

七弦琴

しちげんきん

qin (7-stringed Chinese zither)

手風琴

てふうきん

accordion

小琴

おごと

koto (usu. small)

心の琴線

こころのきんせん

heartstrings

須磨琴

すまごと

single-stringed Japanese zither

水琴窟

すいきんくつ

buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)

大正琴

たいしょうごと

Nagoya harp

竪琴海豹

たてごとあざらし

harp seal (Phoca groenlandica)

弾琴

だんきん

playing on the koto

筑紫琴

つくしごと

koto used in Tsukushi-goto music

調琴

ちょうきん

playing the koto

提琴

ていきん

tiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

鉄琴

てっきん

metallophone

二弦琴

にげんきん

two-stringed koto

馬頭琴

ばとうきん

morin khuur (stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin)

琵琶の琴

びわのこと

biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

百済琴

くだらごと

konghou (ancient Chinese harp)

斧琴菊

よきこときく

dyeing pattern with a yoki, koto bridge and a chrysanthemum

風琴

ふうきん

organ

木琴

もっきん

xylophone

洋琴

ようきん

piano

立琴

たてごと

koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills

倭琴

やまとごと

yamatogoto

和琴

わごん

wagon

奚琴

けいきん

xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)

箏の琴

そうのこと

koto