Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: string, cord, samisen music

Kunyomi: いと

Onyomi: ゲン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ゲン string (of a shamisen, etc.), stringed instrument

弦楽 ゲンガク music for strings, string music

サンゲン shamisen, samisen, sanxian (Chinese lute), three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou), three-stringed instrument

ゴゲン five strings, five-stringed instrument