Home › Entities › general › kayagum

kayagum

traditional Korean zither-like string instrument
Thing general Q717407
kayagum
Visviva · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

kayagum

Summary

kayagum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • kayagum is a type of Plucked string instrument[2].
  • kayagum is a type of heterochord half-tube zither[3].
  • kayagum's Commons category is recorded as Gayageum[4].
  • kayagum's country of origin is recorded as Korea[5].
  • kayagum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gayageum[6].
  • kayagum's Commons gallery is recorded as Gayageum[7].
  • kayagum's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 312.22-5[8].
  • kayagum's McCune–Reischauer romanization is recorded as Kayagŭm[9].
  • kayagum's Revised Romanization is recorded as Gayageum[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Plucked string instrument[2] and heterochord half-tube zither[3].

Why It Matters

kayagum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).[1] kayagum has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] kayagum is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). kayagum. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kayagum
MLA “kayagum.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/kayagum.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kayagum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kayagum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kayagum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): kayagum — https://4ort.xyz/entity/kayagum (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/kayagum · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Plucked string instrument, heterochord half-tube zither
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541179305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.