Memory phrase for the character: 琴

琴

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Meaning

Koto (harp)

Pronunciation

KIN
koto

Explanation

 Top: tuning pegs 王 (= for tensioning the strings of the harp), bottom: now 今 (body of the harp)

Mnemonic
 
The strings are now on the koto.

Radicals

王 kingThe three 三 spheres (heaven, earth and mankind) unite in the person of the king.
今 now




 Vocabulary

琴 こと  Koto (Japanese harp)

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