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Kanji for Bowstring
The kanji for “bowstring” is 弦, read gen and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
弦
bowstring
A bowstring or a musical string; tension and harmony.
8 strokes On reading ゲン (gen) Kun reading つる (tsuru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
Readings used for names on Nazuke: gen, tsuru
In Japan it appears in about 88 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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