Definitions
variant of 弦; bow string; string of musical instrument; watch spring; chord (straight line joining two points on a curve); hypotenuse
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The character 絃, a structural variant of 弦, combines the silk radical 糸 with the phonetic 玄. It denotes the vibrating strings of musical instruments and sometimes the taut bowstring, with the silk radical pointing to the silk material used for such strings in ancient China. This links the character's tangible origin in textile production to its acoustic and martial applications.
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