弦

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

xián ㄒㄧㄢˊ

    • bow string
    • string of musical instrument
    • watchspring
    • chord (segment of curve)
    • hypotenuse

Classifiers (measure words)

bow string

string of musical instrument

Other words read xián

In the same tone

  • 嫌 xián dislike
  • 闲 xián enclosure
  • 衔 xián bit
  • 贤 xián worthy or virtuous person
  • 娴 xián elegant

All 17 words read xián

xian with other tones

  • 见 xiàn appear
  • 先 xiān beforehand
  • 县 xiàn county
  • 现 xiàn appear
  • 线 xiàn thread

All 74 words read xian in any tone

Other words read xián

In the same tone

  • 嫌 xián dislike
  • 閑 xián enclosure
  • 閒 xián idle
  • 銜 xián bit
  • 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person

All 17 words read xián

xian with other tones

  • 見 xiàn appear
  • 先 xiān beforehand
  • 縣 xiàn county
  • 現 xiàn appear
  • 線 xiàn thread

All 74 words read xian in any tone

How 弦 is written

    部首 radical
    弓
    笔画 strokes
    8, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    弓玄
    形旁 meaning
    弓
    声旁 sound
    玄

    Words with 弦

    Starting with 弦

    All 13 words starting with 弦

    Ending with 弦

    • 琴弦 qínxián string
    • 正弦 zhèngxián sine
    • 和弦 héxián chord
    • 三弦 sānxián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
    • 弓弦 gōngxián bowstring

    All 28 words ending with 弦

    Containing 弦

    All 14 words containing 弦

    Words with 弦

    Starting with 弦

    All 13 words starting with 弦

    Ending with 弦

    • 琴弦 qínxián string
    • 正弦 zhèngxián sine
    • 和弦 héxián chord
    • 三弦 sānxián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
    • 弓弦 gōngxián bowstring

    All 28 words ending with 弦

    Containing 弦

    All 14 words containing 弦

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