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RTK / HeisigFrame #1717

harp

Lv 43

Strokes: 12

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

harp RTKZitherKoto

Community Mnemonic

761 votes

Two kings were fighting over a beautiful koto (harp). So they had a clock built into it that would measure how long each one played it. That way they could be sure none played it more than othe other.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

kings
?clock

On'yomi

None

Kun'yomi

こと