# qin vs Qiu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### qin
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃin/ · frequency rank #27,257*
Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.

### Qiu
*name · IPA /tʃu/ · frequency rank #48,432*
An English surname from Chinese.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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