# 琴

| 琴 | U+7434, &#29748; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7434 |
| ← 琳 [U+7433] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 琵 → [U+7435] |

## Translingual
### Han character

琴 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土人戈弓 (MGOIN), four-corner 1120$_7$, composition ⿱玨今)

#### Derived characters

* 噖 䔷 𡡱 𣾔 𣚶 𤩍 𦠴 𨬩 𫾂 𬎋 𬒠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21079
* Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1119, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7434

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 琴
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡrɯm): semantic 珡 + phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm).

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qín (qin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kam$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): kim$^3$ / kim$^{3*}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khìm
    (Hailu, HRS): kim
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kim$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kìng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ging$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khîm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kim$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$jin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jin$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qín
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cín
*** Wade–Giles: chʻin$^2$
*** Yale: chín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
*** Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kam$^4$
*** Yale: kàhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐm²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: kim$^3$ / kim$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰim²²/, /kʰim²²⁻²²⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khìm
*** Hakka Romanization System: kim$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰim¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: kim
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰim⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰim¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kìng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ging$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîm
*** Tâi-lô: khîm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qiim
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰim¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰim²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰim²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kim$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khîm
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰim⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$jin
*** MiniDict: jin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$jjin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑin²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: jin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin¹³/
* Middle Chinese: gim
Rime :
| Character | 琴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (140) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 巨金切 |
| Baxter | gim |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡˠiɪm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡᵚim/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiem/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gjim/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡjəm/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭĕm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯əm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kam$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯm/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 琴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qín |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gim › |
| Old Chinese | /*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m/ |
| English | lute |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 琴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6605 |
| Phonetic component | 今 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 琴 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡrɯm/ |

#### Definitions

琴
* (music) qin (“Chinese zithers”), referring to any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most famously the guqin
* (literary) to play the qin
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Xiàng wǎng rù Shùn gōng, Shùn zài chuáng qín. [Pinyin]
    Xiang entered Shun's room, and found Shun on his bed playing the zither.
* (music) collective name for certain musical instruments, usually of string or keyboard types, such as piano, organ, violin, cello, huqin, accordion, harmonica, etc.
    口琴 ― kǒuqín ― harmonica
    風琴／风琴 ― fēngqín ― organ
    馬頭琴／马头琴 ― mǎtóuqín ― horsehead fiddle
* (music, specifically) piano (Classifier: 部 c)
    三角琴 ― sānjiǎoqín ― grand piano
    練琴／练琴 [Cantonese] ― lin$^6$ kam$^4$ [Jyutping] ― to practise playing the piano
       ngo$^5$ hok$^6$ gwo$^3$ loeng$^5$ nin$^4$ kam$^4$. [Jyutping]
       I learned to play the piano for two years.

##### Synonyms

* (piano):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鋼琴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鋼琴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鋼琴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鋼琴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鋼琴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鋼琴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鋼琴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鋼琴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鋼琴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鋼琴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鋼琴, 琴 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鋼琴 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鋼琴 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鋼琴 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鋼琴, 皮阿諾 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鋼琴 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 鋼琴 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 鋼琴 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 鋼琴 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鋼琴, 皮阿諾 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鋼琴, 皮阿諾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鋼琴, 皮阿諾 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鋼琴, 皮阿諾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鋼琴 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鋼琴 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鋼琴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鋼琴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鋼琴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鋼琴 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鋼琴 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鋼琴, 琴 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鋼琴 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 鋼琴 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鋼琴, 披耶挪 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鋼琴 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鋼琴 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鋼琴 |

##### Descendants

* → Burmese: ခင် (hkang)
* → English: qin
* → Thai: ขิม (kǐm) (via Min Nan)

#### Compounds

* 一弦琴
* 一琴一鶴 / 一琴一鹤
* 七弦琴
* 中提琴 (zhōngtíqín)
* 中音提琴
* 人琴俱亡
* 人琴俱杳
* 伯牙鼓琴
* 低音提琴 (dīyīn tíqín)
* 侖琴 / 仑琴
* 侖琴射線 / 仑琴射线
* 八音琴
* 六弦琴 (liùxiánqín)
* 六角琴 (liùjiǎoqín)
* 劍膽琴心 / 剑胆琴心 (jiàndǎnqínxīn)
* 口琴 (kǒuqín)
* 口風琴 / 口风琴 (kǒufēngqín)
* 古琴 (gǔqín)
* 四弦琴 (sìxiánqín)
* 大提琴 (dàtíqín)
* 大鍵琴 / 大键琴 (dàjiànqín)
* 天琴座 (Tiānqínzuò)
* 奏琴
* 奚琴 (xīqín)
* 對牛彈琴 / 对牛弹琴 (duìniútánqín)
* 小提琴 (xiǎotíqín)
* 山東琴書 / 山东琴书
* 布祖基琴 (bùzǔjīqín)
* 龐琴曲線 / 庞琴曲线
* 弓琴
* 彈琴 / 弹琴 (tánqín)
* 彎琴 / 弯琴 (wānqín)
* 愛琴文化 / 爱琴文化
* 愛琴海 / 爱琴海 (Àiqín Hǎi)
* 戴逵破琴
* 手風琴 / 手风琴 (shǒufēngqín)
* 抱琴
* 提琴 (tíqín)
* 揚琴 / 扬琴 (yángqín)
* 撫琴 / 抚琴 (fǔqín)
* 操琴 (cāoqín)
* 月琴 (yuèqín)
* 木琴 (mùqín)
* 柳琴 (liǔqín)
* 梅花琴 (méihuāqín)
* 洋琴 (yángqín)
* 炕琴桌兒 / 炕琴桌儿
* 焦尾琴
* 無弦琴 / 无弦琴
* 焚琴煮鶴 / 焚琴煮鹤 (fén qín zhǔ hè)
* 煮鶴焚琴 / 煮鹤焚琴
* 煮鶴燒琴 / 煮鹤烧琴
* 獨弦琴 / 独弦琴 (dúxiánqín)
* 琴劍 / 琴剑
* 琴劍飄零 / 琴剑飘零
* 琴史
* 琴堂
* 琴師 / 琴师 (qínshī)
* 琴弓 (qíngōng)
* 琴弦 (qínxián)
* 琴心
* 琴心三疊 / 琴心三叠
* 琴心劍膽 / 琴心剑胆
* 琴心相挑
* 琴手
* 琴斷朱弦 / 琴断朱弦
* 琴書 / 琴书
* 琴棒 (qínbàng)
* 琴棋書畫 / 琴棋书画 (qínqíshūhuà)
* 琴槌 (qínchuí)
* 琴歌
* 琴瑟 (qínsè)
* 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
* 琴碼 / 琴码 (qínmǎ)
* 琴童 (qíntóng)
* 琴聲 / 琴声
* 琴譜 / 琴谱 (qínpǔ)
* 琴酒 (qínjiǔ)
* 琴鐘 / 琴钟
* 琴韻 / 琴韵
* 琴馬 / 琴马 (qínmǎ)
* 琴高乘鯉 / 琴高乘鲤
* 琴鳥 / 琴鸟 (qínniǎo)
* 瑟弄琴調 / 瑟弄琴调
* 瑟調琴弄 / 瑟调琴弄
* 瑤琴 / 瑶琴
* 百衲琴
* 眠琴綠陰 / 眠琴绿阴
* 破琴絕絃 / 破琴绝弦
* 秦琴 (qínqín)
* 竹琴
* 管風琴 / 管风琴 (guǎnfēngqín)
* 素琴
* 綠琴 / 绿琴
* 翼琴
* 胡琴 (húqín)
* 西塔琴
* 豎琴 / 竖琴 (shùqín)
* 鋼片琴 / 钢片琴 (gāngpiànqín)
* 鋼琴 / 钢琴 (gāngqín)
* 鋸琴 / 锯琴
* 鋼琴酒吧 / 钢琴酒吧
* 鐘琴 / 钟琴 (zhōngqín)
* 鐵琴 / 铁琴
* 電子琴 / 电子琴 (diànzǐqín)
* 雷琴 (léiqín)
* 風琴 / 风琴 (fēngqín)
* 馬林巴琴 / 马林巴琴 (mǎlínbāqín)
* 馬頭琴 / 马头琴 (mǎtóuqín)
* 魯特琴 / 鲁特琴 (lǔtèqín)
* 鳴琴 / 鸣琴
* 鳴琴垂拱 / 鸣琴垂拱
* 鳴琴而治 / 鸣琴而治
* 鼓琴
* 鼓琴悲

### Etymology 2

See 琴日.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kam$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kam$^4$
*** Yale: kàhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐm²¹/

#### Definitions

琴
* (Cantonese) yesterday

#### Compounds

* 琴日
* 琴晚

### References

* “琴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ごん (gon)
* Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)
* Kun: こと (koto, 琴, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 口琴(びやぼん) (biyabon, “Edo-period mouth harp”)
* 和(わ)琴(ごん) (wagon)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 琴
* こと Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 箏 (Japanese zither)
⟨ko$_2$to$_2$⟩ → */kətə/ → /koto/
From Old Japanese, attested in the three major literature works of the Nara period: the Kojiki (712 CE), the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), and the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).
Possibly derived from a compound of elements 木 (ko, “tree, wood”, combining form) +‎ 音 (oto, “sound”), with the additional medial o dropped by haplology.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こと [kóꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ko̞to̞]

#### Noun

琴(こと) • (koto)
* koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng
* (colloquial) guzheng: a Chinese zither on which the koto was based [since after the Edo period]
    Synonym: 箏 (sō)

##### Derived terms

* 琴(こと)頭(がみ) (kotogami)
* 琴座(ことざ) (Koto-za, “Lyra”)
* 琴(こと)柱(じ) (kotoji, “bridge of a koto”)
* 琴(こと)尾(じり), 琴(こと)後(じり) (kotojiri)
* 琴(こと)爪(づめ) (kotozume, “koto plectrum”)
* 琴(コト)鳥(ドリ) (kotodori, “superb lyrebird”)
* 琴(こと)弾(ひ)き (kotohiki)
* 東(あずま)琴(ごと) (azumagoto)
* 出雲(いずも)琴(ごと) (Izumo-goto)
* 須(す)磨(ま)琴(ごと) (Suma-goto)
* 小(お)琴(ごと) (ogoto)
* 百済(くだら)琴(ごと) (Kudara-goto)
* 新羅(しらぎ)琴(ごと) (Shiragi-goto)
* 箏(そう)の琴(こと) (sō no koto)
* 大(たい)正(しょう)琴(ごと) (Taishō-goto)
* 竪(たて)琴(ごと) (tategoto)
* 玉(たま)琴(ごと) (tamagoto)
* 琵(び)琶(わ)琴(ごと) (Biwa-goto)
* 八(や)雲(くも)琴(ごと) (yakumo-goto)
* 大和(やまと)琴(ごと) (Yamato-goto)

#### Proper noun

琴(こと) • (Koto)
* a female given name
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 琴
* きん Grade: S
* kan'on
/kimʉ/ → /kiɴ/
From Middle Chinese 琴 (MC gim). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きん [kíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kʲĩɴ]

#### Noun

琴(きん) • (kin)
* a guqin, qin (seven-stringed Chinese zither)
    Synonym: 古琴 (kokin)

##### Derived terms

* 一(いち)弦(げん)琴(きん), 一(いち)絃(げん)琴(きん) (ichigenkin)
* 七(しち)弦(げん)琴(きん), 七(しち)絃(げん)琴(きん) (shichigenkin)
* 二(に)弦(げん)琴(きん), 二(に)絃(げん)琴(きん) (nigenkin)
* 六(ろく)弦(げん)琴(きん), 六(ろく)絃(げん)琴(きん) (rokugenkin)

#### Affix

琴(きん) • (kin)
* guqin (ancient Chinese seven-stringed zither) or other related instruments
* any stringed or keyboard instrument

##### Derived terms

* 琴(きん)棋(き), 琴(きん)碁(き) (kinki)
** 琴(きん)棋(き)書(しょ)画(が) (kinkishoga)
* 琴(きん)曲(きょく) (kinkyoku, “koto music”)
* 琴(きん)弦(げん), 琴(きん)絃(げん) (kingen)
* 琴(きん)瑟(しつ) (kinshitsu, “qin and se → "marital harmony"”)
* 琴(きん)線(せん) (kinsen)
* 伽耶琴(かやきん) (Kaya-kin)
* 玉(ぎょっ)琴(きん) (gyokkin)
* 奚(けい)琴(きん) (keikin, “xiqin”)
* 携(けい)琴(きん) (keikin)
* 月(げっ)琴(きん) (gekkin)
* 古(こ)琴(きん) (kokin)
* 口(こう)琴(きん) (kōkin)
* 自(じ)鳴(めい)琴(きん) (jimeikin)
* 焦(しょう)尾(び)琴(きん) (shōbikin)
* 弾(だん)琴(きん) (dankin, “koto playing”)
* 提(てい)琴(きん) (teikin, “tiqin”)
* 鉄(てっ)琴(きん) (tekkin)
* 手(て)風(ふう)琴(きん) (tefūkin)
* 馬(ば)頭(とう)琴(きん) (batōkin)
* 風(ふう)琴(きん) (fūkin)
* 木(もっ)琴(きん) (mokkin)
* 揚琴(ようきん), 洋(よう)琴(きん) (yōkin, “yangqin”)

#### Proper noun

琴(きん) • (Kin)
* a female given name
* a surname

#### See also

* 箏(そう) (sō, “guzheng, zheng”): a Chinese zither similar to the Japanese koto
* 瑟(しつ) (shitsu, “se”): another kind of ancient Chinese zither

### Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

#### Proper noun

琴(くむ) • (Kumu)
* a surname

#### Proper noun

琴(ぐん) • (Gun)
* a surname

#### Proper noun

琴(ことえ) • (Kotoe)
* a female given name

#### Proper noun

琴(ことざき) • (Kotozaki)
* a surname

#### Proper noun

琴(ことみ) • (Kotomi)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 18, poem 1435:, text here
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kɯm]
* Phonetic hangul: [금]

### Hanja

Wikisource 琴 (eumhun 거문고 금 (geomun'go geum))
* hanja form of 금 (“geomungo, a six-stringed Korean zither”)

#### Compounds

* 伽倻琴 (가야금, gayageum, kayagŭm)

## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

琴: Hán Việt readings: cầm
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Derived terms

* 六絃琴 (lục huyền cầm)
* 尾琴 (vĩ cầm)
* 月琴 (nguyệt cầm)
* 木琴 (mộc cầm)
* 洋琴 (dương cầm)
* 琴堂 (cầm đường)
* 琴歌 (cầm ca)
* 琴瑟 (cầm sắt)
* 瑟琴 (sắt cầm)
* 胡琴 (hồ cầm)
* 風琴 (phong cầm)