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琴
qín
1. guqin or zither, cf [[古琴<gǔqín>]]
2. musical instrument in general
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

琴
qín
Chinese lute or guitar, string instrument
HSK 4 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

琴键
qínjiàn
a piano key
伦琴
lúnqín
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen or Roentgen (1845-1923)
口琴
kǒuqín
harmonica
古琴
gǔqín
guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum
嘴琴
zuǐqín
Jew's harp
坠琴
zhuìqín
same as [[墜胡|坠胡<zhuìhú>]]
弹琴
tánqín
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
爱琴
Àiqín
Aegean (sea between Greece and Turkey)
提琴
tíqín
instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)
扬琴
yángqín
yangqin
抚琴
fǔqín
to play the zither
月琴
yuèqín
yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
木琴
mùqín
xylophone
柳琴
liǔqín
liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa [[琵琶]], with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin
洋琴
yángqín
variant of [[揚琴|扬琴<yángqín>]]
琴师
qínshī
player of a stringed instrument
琴弦
qínxián
string (of a stringed instrument)
琴手
qínshǒu
player of a stringed instrument
琴书
qínshū
traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
琴瑟
qínsè
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony

Alternate Entries

琴
qín
variant of [[琴<qín>]], guqin or zither

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,700
Word Frequency Rank
2,588 of 84,292