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Codepoint: U+5F26 (24358) Unified

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Definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. bow string
  2. string of musical instrument
  3. watchspring
  4. chord (segment of curve)
  5. hypotenuse
  6. CL:根[gen1]

Unihan definition

string; hypotenuse, crescent

說文解字

部: 弦部

弓弦也。从弓,象絲軫之形。凡弦之屬皆从弦。

康熙字典

部: 弓部5畫 共8畫

【廣韻】【正韻】戸田切【集韻】【韻會】戸千切,𠀤音賢。
【說文】弓弦也。从弓,象絲軫之形也。
【儀禮·鄕射禮】有司左執弣,右執弦而授弓。
又半月曰弦。
【釋名】弦,半月之名也。其形一旁曲,一旁直,若張弓施弦也。
【前漢·律歷志】淳于陵渠復覆太初歷,晦朔弦望皆最密。
又國名。
【春秋·僖五年】楚人滅弦,弦子奔黃。【註】弦國在弋陽軑縣東南。
又姓。
【廣韻】風俗通云:弦子後。
【左傳·僖二十三年】鄭商人弦高。
【哀四年】齊𨻰乞弦施救范氏。
【哀十一年】使問弦多以琴。
又脈數曰弦。
【史記·倉公傳】脈長而弦。
又弦蒲,弦中,皆地名。
【前漢·地理志】正西曰雍州,藪曰弦蒲。【註】在汧縣,又雍州山北有蒲谷鄕弦中谷。
又與絃通。
【禮·文王世子】春誦夏弦。
【樂記】舜作五弦之琴,以歌南風。

Variant-specific definitions (4)

㢺 (U+38BA)

Unihan definition

(non-classical form of 弦) string (of a bow, a musical instrument, etc.), chord of an arc, the first or last quarter of a lunar month

康熙字典

【海篇】音弦。弓也。
又姓。

𢎺 (U+223BA)

康熙字典

【說文】弦本字。

𢏸 (U+223F8)

康熙字典

【字彙補】同弦。見漢景君𥓓。

𢐁 (U+22401)

康熙字典

【字彙】同弦。

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Translingual 2
Fanqie 1
General Chinese (Chao, 1983) 1
Mandarin Chinese 20
Standard Mandarin 1
Beijing 1
Jinan 1
Xian 1
Wuchang 1
Guilin(Lingui) 1
Liuzhou(Luorong) 1
Hefei 1
Old National Pronunciation 1
Menggu Ziyun 6
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (Phags-pa script): ꡯꡦꡠꡋ ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (Phags-pa script): ꡯꡦꡠꡋ (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (IPA): ʝjeen ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (IPA): ʝjeen (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 tone: 平 ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 tone: 平 (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
Zhongyuan Yinyun 5
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (楊耐思): xiɛn (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (寧繼福): xiɛn (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (薛鳳生): hyen (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (unt): xjɛn (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 tone: 陽 (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
Jin Chinese 2
Taiyuan 2
Wu Chinese 14
Suzhou 1
Shanghai(Sanlintang) 1
Wenzhou 1
Yunhe 1
Kaihua 1
Longyou 1
Changshan 1
Jiangshan(Jiangshanshi) 1
Yushan 1
Suichang 1
Guangfeng(Yongfengzhen) 1
Pucheng(Nanpuzhenchengguanhua) 2
Qingyuan 1
Gan Chinese 1
Jianning(Chengguanhua) 1
Xiang Chinese 4
Zhangsha 1
Shuangfeng 1
Quanzhou(Xiancheng) 1
Guanyang(Wenshi) 1
Min Chinese 40
Nanan(Ximeizhen) 1
Jinjiang(Qingyangzhen) 1
Zhangzhou 1
Shamen 1
Zhangpu 2
Datian(Qianluhua) 1
Chaozhou(Fuchenghua) 1
Chaozhou(Hanyufangyinzihui) 2
Jieyang(Rongchenghua) 1
Chenghai 1
Shantou(Shantoushiqu) 1
Haifeng(Haichengzhen) 1
Lufeng(Neihuzhen) 1
Dabuyuanzhouzi(Xianggangxinjiefulaohua) 1
Dianbai(Xiadongzhenlihua) 1
Haikang(Leichenghua) 1
Xianyou(Chengguanhua) 1
Putian 1
Gutian 1
Fuzhou 1
Fuqing 1
Zherong 1
Fuan 1
Ningde 1
Chongan(Chongchengzhenchengguanhua) 1
Shibei 1
Songxi 1
Jianou 2
Jianou(Shizhi) 1
Mingxi(Chengguanhua) 1
Pingnan(Shangduyabu)(Guangxihanyufangyan) 1
Zhongshan(Longdou)(Zhujiangsanjiaozhou) 2
Zhongshan(Longdou)(Guangdongminfangyan) 1
Zhongshan(Sanxiang) 1
Mangu(Chaozhouhua) 1
Jiangle(Chengguanhua) 1
Yue Chinese 80
Cantonese 1
Lechang 1
Renhua 1
Shaoguan 1
Qujiang(Maba) 1
Yingde 1
Fugang 1
Qingyuan 1
Conghua(Chengnei) 1
Huaxian(Huashan) 1
Guiping(Xiancheng) 1
Zengcheng(Xiancheng) 1
Sanshui(Xinan) 1
Guangzhou 1
Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) 1
Foshan(Shiqu) 1
Panyu(Shiqiao) 1
Yunfu(Yuncheng) 1
Nanhai(Shatou) 1
Gaoming(Mingcheng) 1
Shunde(Daliang) 1
Xintianfantian(Weitouhua) 1
Xinxing 1
Dabutaiheng(Weitouhua) 1
Xianggang(Shiqu) 1
Xigonghaoyong(Weitouhua) 1
Aomen(Shiqu) 1
Ningming(Xiancheng) 1
Beihai(Lianzhouzhen) 1
Beihai(Nankangzhen) 1
Beihai(Shatianzhenhaibianhua) 1
Beihai(Shiqubaihua) 1
Beihai(Yingpanzhenwahua) 1
Bose(Shinei) 1
Nanning(Shinei) 1
Qinzhou(Shinei) 1
Beihai(Shinei) 1
Heshan(Yayao) 1
Jiangmen(Baisha) 1
Xinhui(Huicheng) 1
Kaiping(Chikan) 1
Doumen(Shanghengshuishanghua) 1
Taishan(Taicheng) 1
Doumen(Doumenzhen) 2
Enping(Niujiang) 1
Lingui(Wutong)(Tuhua) 1
Rongshui(Xiancheng)(Tuguaihua) 1
Lianxian(Qingshui) 1
Pingle(Zhangjia)(Tuhua) 1
Lianshan(Butian) 1
Yizhou(Desheng)(Baixinghua) 1
Yangshan 1
Mengshan(Xihe) 1
Xindou(Pumen) 1
Huaiji 1
Bose(Nabi)(Pinghua) 1
Guangning 1
Wuxuan(Zhangcun)(Yahua) 1
Fengkai(Nanfeng) 1
Sihui 1
Yunan(Pingtai) 1
Binyang(Xinqiao)(Binyanghua) 1
Deqing 1
Guigang(Nanjiang) 1
Nanning(Shajing)(Pinghua) 1
Luoding 1
Beiliu(Tangliao) 1
Hengxian(Xiancheng) 1
Fusui(Longtou)(Pinghua) 1
Chongzuo(Sipaihua)(Pinghua) 1
Bobai(Xiancheng) 1
Lingshan(Xiancheng) 1
Pubei(Xiancheng) 1
Zhongshan(Shiqi) 1
Zhuhai(Qianshan) 1
Dongguan(Guancheng) 1
Baoan(Shajing) 1
Xianggang(Xinjiejintian) 1
Mangu(Guangfuhua) 1
Pinghua 22
Ningyuan(Qingshuiqiao) 1
Longsheng(Hongyao) 1
Lingchuan(Sanjie) 1
Lingchuan(Tanxia) 1
Guilin(Chaoyang) 1
Guilin(Yanshanzhuyuan) 1
Lingui(Liangjiang) 1
Yongfu(Taocheng) 1
Yangshuo(Jima) 1
Lingui(Wutong) 1
Rongshui(Rongshuizhen) 1
Pingle(Qinglong) 1
Funing(Boai) 1
Bose(Nabi)(Pinghuayinyunyanjiu) 1
Tiandong(Linfeng) 1
Binyang(Luxu) 1
Nanning(Tingzi) 1
Hengxian(Hengzhou) 1
Fusui(Longtou) 1
Longzhou(Shanglong) 1
Tengxian(Tengcheng) 1
Yulin(Fumian) 1
Hakka Chinese 24
Conghua(Lütian) 1
Meixian(Guangdong) 1
Huizhou(Shiqu) 1
Dongguan(Qingxi) 1
Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 1
Shatoujiaomaqueling(Xianggangxinjie) 1
Xigonglizhizhuang(Xianggangxinjie) 1
Shatianchiniping(Xianggangxinjie) 1
Tunmenyangxiaokeng(Xianggangxinjie) 1
Ningdouxianmeijiangzhen 1
Quannanxianchengxiangzhen 1
Shangyouxianshexixiangjiangtou 1
Xiushuixianhuangshaqiaoxiang 1
Nanningmashan(Pianlian) 1
Yulinxingye(Gaofengxiang) 1
Yulinrongxian(Xiandizhenxiandicun) 1
Yulinbeiliu(Xilangzhenmumiancun) 1
Yulinbeiliu(Tangan) 1
Yulinfumian(Qiaozhenxinshacun) 1
Yulinluchuan(Hengshanxiangsihecun) 1
Yulinbobai(Xintianzhencuntoucun) 1
Zhongshan(Nanlangheshui) 1
Mangu(Banshankehua) 1
Malaixiya(Roufoshinaikejiahua) 1
Other Sinitic varieties 11
Fuchuan(Qidouhua) 1
Fuchuan(Badouhua) 1
Zhongshan(Gongan) 1
Hezhou(Jiudouhua) 1
Hunan(Daoxian) 1
Jiangyongchengguan(Baishuicun) 1
Fengyang 1
Xingzi 1
Xian 1
Baoan 1
Lianzhou 1
Middle Chinese 4
Stimson (1976) 1
Baxter–Sagart (2014) 1
Menggu Ziyun 2
  • Qieyun-system phonological position: 匣開四先平 ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Qieyun-system phonological position: 匣開四先平 (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
Old Chinese 1
Baxter–Sagart (2014) 1
Japonic 4
Japanese 3
Okinawan (Uchinaaguchi) 1
Koreanic 2
Korean 2

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