Readings

Kana: ソウ、ショウ、こと
Romaji: sou, shō, koto
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

koto

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  118
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-6-6
Korean Reading:  jaeng
Chinese Reading:  zheng1
Unicode:  7b5d
JIS:  6438

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 4273
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f8.10
Four Corner Index: 8850.7

Words

(こと、そう)
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); stringed instrument; zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng
箏曲 (そうきょく)
koto music
古筝 (こそう)
Guzheng (type of ancient Chinese zither)
琴柱 (ことじ)
bridge of a koto
楽箏 (がくそう)
ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
俗箏 (ぞくそう)
modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso); modern koto music
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