つる
Tsuru
Other forms: 絃、鉉
弦 (Tsuru) is a Japanese noun meaning “bowstring, string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.), bail (arched pot handle), diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu”.
Meanings
- nounbowstring
- nounstring (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
- nounbail (arched pot handle)esp. 鉉
- noundiagonal levelling wire across the top of a masualso written as 梁