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弦 = 弓 + 玄

弦 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bowstring”. It is built from 弓 (bow) and 玄 (mysterious). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1487.

Keyword
bowstring
RTK frame
1487
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゲン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
струна
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
弦 string

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 弓 bow
  2. 玄 mysterious

How to find 弦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bow” + “mysterious”. 弦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 弦 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.