The wooden body is square and flat, and both sides are covered with skin; the neck extends through the body, on which strings are plucked with a bachi (a plectrum) shaped like a ginkgo leaf.
四角状の扁平な木製の胴の両面に皮を張り、胴を貫通して伸びる棹に張られた弦を、通常、イチョウ形の撥（ばち）で弾き演奏する。