和琴

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和琴 (wagon): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed wagon.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ごん
Grade: S
goon
Alternative spelling
倭琴

Etymology

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Probably coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of (wa, Japan, Japanese) +‎ (gon, koto, zither).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ごん) (wagon

  1. (music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN