The kanji character 絃 means "string" or "chord," particularly referring to the strings of a musical instrument. It embodies the concept of a stretched fiber that produces sound when vibrated.

・On-yomi (音読み): げん (gen) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): いと (ito)

⚫︎ ギターの絃 Translation: Guitar strings ⚫︎ バイオリンの絃が切れた Translation: The violin string broke. ⚫︎ 三味線の絃 Translation: Shamisen strings

The kanji 絃 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side of the character, 糸 (いと, ito), is the radical and represents "thread" or "silk," indicating the material of the strings. The right side, 玄 (げん, gen), is the phonetic component, contributing the sound and suggesting a related meaning of "deep" or "mysterious," perhaps due to the resonance of the sound. The combination of these two elements creates the meaning "string" or "chord".