Entry
  1. Noun

    kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument

  2. any Asian string instrument played with a bow

Also written 鼓弓【こきゅう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

barbarian, foreign

Kun
なんぞ
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1995 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 53

Built from

Used in names as

えびすくる

Dictionary and index codes (19)
CodeReference
1-5-4SKIP code
4b5.12The Kanji Dictionary
4762.0Four corner code
80e1Unicode hex code
1-24-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3753Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4792New Nelson (John Haig)
1467Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
623Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1057Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2470Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2537Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
879Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29400Morohashi
2206Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
hu2Pinyin reading
hoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
53WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bow, bow (archery, violin)

Kun
ゆみ
On
キュウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1802 of 2500
Radical
bow
WaniKani
Level 18

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 4-4-1SKIP code
3h0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1720.7, 1772.7Four corner code
3552deroo
5f13Unicode hex code
1-21-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1560Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1678New Nelson (John Haig)
3383New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4193Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2120Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2869Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1231Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1317Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1539A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
95Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1419Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9692Morohashi
836A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
212Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
212Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1268Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
107henshall3
83Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
592Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
604Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1239Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gong1Pinyin reading
gungKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level