弦
弦 in English
- bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1]
Measure word
- 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry) attested
How it used to be written
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 6 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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我弄断了我吉他的一根弦。
I broke a string on my guitar.
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这是管弦乐团的第五场音乐会。
This is the fifth concert by this orchestra.