| 英文.... | Long zithers with a slightly convex soundboard and flat bottom, having 13 silk or nylon strings each passing over its own movable, V-shaped bridge; it is considered the national instrument of Japan. |
| 荷蘭語.... | Langhalsciters met een licht gebolde klankbodem, een platte onderkant en 13 zijden of nylon snaren die elk over een eigen beweegbare, V-vormige kam lopen; ze worden beschouwd als het nationale instrument van Japan. |
| 西班牙語.... | Cítaras largas que tienen una tabla acústica levemente convexa y su parte inferior plana, 13 cuerdas de seda o nailon cada una tendida sobre su propio puente movible en forma de V; se considera como el instrumento nacional de Japón |
| 日本箏............ | [AS-Academia Sinica] |
| ................. | 音樂辭典 260 |
| 日本古琴............ | [AS-Academia Sinica] |
| ................. | 大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 April 3, 2012 |
| koto............ | [VP] |
| ................. | Diagram Group, Musical Instruments of the World (1976) illustration, 220 |
| ................. | CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) |
| ................. | Marcuse, Musical Instruments Dictionary (1975) |
| ................. | Sadie, New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984) illustration, Vol. 2, 465 |
| ................. | AAT-Ned (1994-) |
| ................. | Tranchefort, Los Instrumentos Musicales (1994) |
| goto............ | [VP] |
| ................. | Personal Communication Ken Moore, Metropolitan Museum, suggested as lead-in term at AAT outside review, 2/92 |
| kin............ | [VP] |
| ................. | Marcuse, Musical Instruments Dictionary (1975) |
| Subject:............ | [Bureau AAT] |
| ................. | Etnomusicologisch Centrum |