弦
xián HSK7

string

弦 xián
string noun
the string of a musical instrument; (by extension) stringed instruments or music; (bound form) to play a stringed instrument; to bend or curve something

小提琴有四根弦。

xiǎo​tí​qín yǒu sì gēn xián.

A violin has four strings.

bowstring
the string of a bow
mainspring
the spring that powers a watch, clock, or other mechanical device
chord
a straight line segment connecting two points on a curve or circle
crescent moon
a semi-circular moon phase, such as the first or last quarter moon
wife
(literary) a metaphor for a wife, used in terms related to her loss or remarriage
surname
a Chinese surname
hypotenuse
the longest side of a right-angled triangle, opposite the right angle

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,258th most common 26.4 per million
Movie subtitles
2,530th most common 8.20 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.04 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
9.54 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5F26

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)