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琴 - qín

Chinese lute or guitar

Chinese lute or guitar

How to read 琴

Click 琴 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinqín
EnglishChinese lute or guitar
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

琴师 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 琴弓. Please read 琴弦 one more time.

Common words with this character

player of a stringed instrument
bow
string
player of a stringed instrument

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 琴 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 琴师 and 琴弓 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 琴.