Kanji
琴
N1
12 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1591
harp, koto
On'yomi (音読み)
キン、 ゴン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
こと
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
紙腔琴
しこうきん
Japanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)
百済琴
くだらごと
konghou (ancient Chinese harp)
立琴
たてごと
koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills
大和琴
やまとごと
yamatogoto; wagon
水琴窟
すいきんくつ
buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)
古琴
こきん
guqin (Chinese seven-string zither)
伽耶琴
カヤグム
gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
五絃琴
ごげんきん
five-stringed instrument; pentachord
一弦琴
いちげんきん
single-stringed Japanese zither
自鳴琴
じめいきん
musical box; music box
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
琴
こと
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
断琴の交わり
だんきんのまじわり
very close friendship; deep and intimate bond
斧琴菊
よきこときく
dyeing pattern with a yoki, koto bridge and a chrysanthemum
琴鳥
ことどり
superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
琵琶の琴
びわのこと
biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
Example sentences
彼女（かのじょ）は琴（こと）を弾（はじ）くことがとても好（す）きだ。
She likes to play the koto very much.