noun

  1. wind and string instruments, music.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
管弦 かんげん
管絃 かんげん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pipe, tube, wind instrument
カン くだ すが (4th, N2)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
bureaucrat, the government, organ
カン (4th, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
terraced hill
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
つる ゲン (9th, N1)
bow, bow (archery, violin)
ゆみ キュウ こ (2nd, N1)
mysterious, occultness, black
ゲン けん くろ (7th, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)