[絃, xiánㄒㄧㄢˊ] variant of 弦; bow string; string of musical instrument; watch spring; chord (straight line joining two points on a curve); hypotenuse, See Also: 弦#224345
[续弦 / 續絃, xù xiánㄒㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ] to remarry (of a widow); a second wife; cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony, See Also: 琴瑟#101664
[つる, tsuru] (n) (1) bowstring; (2) string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); (3) (esp. 鉉) bail (arched pot handle); (4) (also written as 梁) (See 枡・1) diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu; (P)#5687