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Kanji for Koto
The kanji for “koto” is 琴, read kin and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
koto
The koto, the Japanese harp.
The koto (琴), a long 13-string zither, has been played in Japan for over a thousand years.
12 strokes On reading キン、ゴン (kin, gon) Kun reading こと (koto) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: harp, koto
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kin, koto
In Japan it appears in about 301 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 琴: Elkin 恵瑠琴
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