Kanji
絃
N1
11 strokes
Grade 9
string, cord, samisen music
On'yomi (音読み)
ゲン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
いと
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
絃声
げんせい
sound of the strings
絃
げん
string (of a shamisen, etc.)
絃妓
げんぎ
geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living
五絃琴
ごげんきん
five-stringed instrument; pentachord