和琴

Japanese

和琴 (wagon): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed wagon.

Kanji in this term
和	琴
わ Grade: 3	ごん Grade: S
goon

Alternative spelling
倭琴

Etymology

Probably coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 和 (wa, “Japan, Japanese”) +‎ 琴 (gon, “koto, zither”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わごん [wàgóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɡõ̞ɴ]

Noun

和(わ)琴(ごん) • (wagon)

(music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

Synonyms

東琴(あずまごと) (azumagoto)
大和琴(やまとごと) (yamatogoto)
六弦琴(ろくげんきん) (rokugenkin), 六絃琴(ろくげんきん) (rokugenkin)
六(む)つの緒(お) (mutsu no o)

References

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

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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