bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) is getting trapped by black lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) and all she has is a composite bow (弓). She plucks the string (弦) of her bow so that the chord (弦) resonates with the lava, causing it to stop its flow.

弦 character breakdown

surname Gong
a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)

Mnemonic symbol: a composite bow. Gitta Giraffe (gu) is shooting arrows with a composite bow (弓) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
black / mysterious

= + : Xu Xian (xu) noticed that there is more and more black and mysterious (玄) lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). To find out where the lava is coming from he draws tarot cards out of a beret (亠). He draws only aces (幺) though, and he doesn't really know how to interpret those.

Characters with 弦 as component

弦 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 弦

sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
to wind / to tighten / crescent moon / first quarter or waxing moon
to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)
guqin or seven-stringed zither
third quarter or waning moon
(music) triad; three-note chord
last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
seventh (musical cord)
triad / musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so

Sentences with 弦

弦 currently does not appear in any sentence.