Memory phrase for the character: 弦

弦

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Meaning

string (of bow)

Pronunciation

 GEN
tsuru

Explanation

 Left: bow 弓, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds hanging 玄 stones 石 that behave mysteriously)

Mnemonic
 
The bow has a mysterious string.

Radicals

弓 bowPictograph: bow without string.
玄 mysteriousThe radical gen is easy to remember if you think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet 磁石 = じしゃく), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺) [and fixed with a bracket 艹] behave mysteriously.
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