Kanji

弦

弦

bowstring, chord, hypotenuse

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

弓部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つる

Nanori (Name Reading)

いと, お, つる, ふさ

Common Readings

ゲン, つる

Example sentences

弦 げん
演奏 の 前 に ギター の 弦 を 新しく 張り替えた 。

I replaced the guitar strings with new ones before the performance.

張り はり
弦 の 張り を 少し 強く した 。

I tightened the tension of the string a little.

余弦 よげん
三角形 の 辺 の 比 を 計算 する の に 、 余弦 定理 は 非常に 便利 だ 。

The cosine rule is extremely useful for calculating the ratios of the sides of a triangle.

正弦 せいげん
正弦 関数 は 、 物理学 における 波動 の 記述 に 不可欠 な 役割 を 果たす 。

The sine function plays an essential role in describing wave motion in physics.

Example Vocabulary

弦

げん

string (of an instrument); bowstring; chord (geometry)

弦楽器

げんがっき

上弦

じょうげん

弓弦

ゆみづる

弦楽

げんがく

上弦の月

じょうげんのつき

余弦

よげん

cosine

正弦

せいげん

sine

弦月

げんげつ

管弦楽

かんげんがく

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