弾く
ひく · hiku · JLPT N5 · verb-godan
to play (a string instrument or piano)
🎸🎹 弾 = bow 弓 + single 単: one bowstring plucked, so you pluck strings
弾 holds 弓 (bow), and a bowstring twangs when plucked, which is how the kanji came to mean playing strings and keys. Sound hook: hiku is also 引く, to pull. You pull a string to play it, so pull and play share one sound.
はじく · hajiku · JLPT N1 · verb-godan
to play