東琴

Japanese
東琴 (azumagoto): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed azumagoto.
Kanji in this term
東 琴
あずま
Grade: 2		 こと > ごと
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 東 (azuma, archaic word for the east; by extension, Japan) +‎ 琴 (koto, “a koto, a zither”).[1] The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

東琴 (hiragana あずまごと, rōmaji azumagoto, historical hiragana あづまごと)

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

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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