琴瑟

Chinese

qin; general name for certain instruments (mus. instr.)
trad. (琴瑟) 琴 瑟
simp. #(琴瑟) 琴 瑟

Pronunciation


Noun

琴瑟

  1. (music) the qin and the se (traditional Chinese zither-like instruments)
  2. (figurative) marital harmony

Derived terms

  • 琴瑟不調/琴瑟不调
  • 琴瑟之好
  • 琴瑟和好
  • 琴瑟和諧/琴瑟和谐
  • 琴瑟和鳴/琴瑟和鸣 (qínsèhémíng)
  • 琴瑟失調/琴瑟失调
  • 琴瑟相調/琴瑟相调
  • 琴瑟調和/琴瑟调和

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (琴瑟):
  • → Japanese: 琴瑟(きんしつ) (kinshitsu)
  • → Korean: 금슬(琴瑟) (geumseul)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
琴 瑟
きん
Grade: S
しつ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 琴瑟 (MC gim srit).

Pronunciation

Noun

琴(きん)瑟(しつ) • (kinshitsu) ←きんしつ (kinsitu)?

  1. (literary, music) the qin and the se (traditional Chinese zither-like instruments)
  2. (literary, figurative) marital harmony

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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