Read Edit View history Discussion 琴 qín HSK5 Chinese lute or guitar Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint The top component is a pictograph of a zither-like stringed musical instrument. 今 is a sound component. Pinyin Separate values with commas qín × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Pictograph of a stringed musical instrument similar to a zither. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 琴 Simp strokes 琴 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 琴 Simp strokes 琴 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 琴 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 244, 761 ], [ 292, 757 ], [ 448, 796 ], [ 488, 795 ] ], [ [ 247, 622 ], [ 291, 620 ], [ 415, 659 ], [ 459, 661 ] ], [ [ 338, 741 ], [ 362, 721 ], [ 363, 714 ], [ 361, 561 ], [ 357, 545 ], [ 346, 535 ] ], [ [ 186, 481 ], [ 215, 472 ], [ 246, 471 ], [ 466, 555 ] ], [ [ 545, 789 ], [ 614, 785 ], [ 727, 815 ], [ 782, 815 ] ], [ [ 543, 662 ], [ 586, 657 ], [ 682, 677 ], [ 714, 690 ], [ 761, 689 ] ], [ [ 631, 765 ], [ 654, 743 ], [ 651, 591 ], [ 647, 577 ], [ 636, 568 ] ], [ [ 527, 539 ], [ 579, 534 ], [ 763, 568 ], [ 820, 565 ] ], [ [ 513, 485 ], [ 482, 481 ], [ 387, 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614 L 383 626 Z", "M 379 537 Q 380 586 383 626 L 385 669 Q 391 727 386 734 Q 376 744 366 751 C 342 769 322 771 331 742 Q 337 730 340 651 L 341 614 Q 341 578 342 526 C 343 496 378 507 379 537 Z", "M 342 526 Q 216 493 187 495 Q 175 495 172 483 Q 171 473 182 465 Q 213 444 226 438 Q 242 431 260 442 Q 294 464 451 539 Q 467 545 473 551 Q 480 560 469 562 Q 457 565 379 537 L 342 526 Z", "M 663 775 Q 783 803 787 806 Q 796 813 791 821 Q 784 831 758 838 Q 730 842 703 832 Q 670 820 636 812 Q 597 802 552 798 Q 518 792 543 777 Q 577 759 624 766 L 663 775 Z", "M 673 657 Q 763 681 764 681 Q 771 688 767 695 Q 760 704 737 709 Q 703 715 676 698 L 631 685 Q 628 685 627 684 Q 593 675 550 670 Q 520 664 542 652 Q 575 634 624 646 Q 627 647 631 647 L 673 657 Z", "M 668 566 Q 669 615 673 657 L 676 698 Q 682 756 678 762 Q 671 769 663 775 C 639 794 618 795 624 766 Q 627 757 631 685 L 631 647 Q 631 613 631 559 C 631 529 667 536 668 566 Z", "M 631 559 Q 612 559 531 547 Q 509 544 526 530 Q 553 511 575 515 Q 695 539 813 554 Q 822 553 829 563 Q 830 572 812 581 Q 782 599 696 572 Q 690 572 685 570 Q 675 569 668 566 L 631 559 Z", "M 519 465 Q 519 466 521 467 Q 533 477 531 487 Q 530 500 505 510 Q 478 523 466 521 Q 459 520 454 507 Q 412 378 74 176 Q 52 163 79 164 Q 202 170 411 361 Q 444 400 499 447 L 519 465 Z", "M 499 447 Q 758 215 816 211 Q 889 211 975 237 Q 994 241 994 247 Q 995 254 980 258 Q 922 274 853 290 Q 693 335 522 463 Q 519 464 519 465 C 495 483 477 467 499 447 Z", "M 454 317 Q 475 296 496 271 Q 506 259 519 259 Q 528 258 533 269 Q 537 281 533 305 Q 526 332 454 356 Q 441 360 436 359 Q 432 356 432 345 Q 433 335 454 317 Z", "M 328 188 Q 297 188 299 182 Q 293 167 318 154 Q 345 133 360 136 Q 376 136 402 149 Q 558 219 579 192 Q 583 182 573 166 Q 564 154 547 114 Q 516 54 503 44 Q 473 17 484 -28 Q 487 -47 496 -52 Q 505 -56 517 -46 Q 544 -28 611 125 Q 630 168 657 185 Q 664 191 666 200 Q 667 212 635 232 Q 604 253 587 254 Q 580 253 572 248 Q 487 206 328 188 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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