# kuva chord
Chord diagram for pairwise flow data.
**Input:** square N×N matrix — first column is the row label (ignored for layout), header row supplies node names.
```
region Cortex Hippocampus Amygdala …
Cortex 0 320 13 …
Hippocampus 320 0 210 …
```
| `--gap <DEG>` | `2.0` | Gap between arcs in degrees |
| `--opacity <F>` | `0.7` | Ribbon opacity |
| `--legend <LABEL>` | — | Show legend |
```bash
kuva chord chord.tsv
kuva chord chord.tsv --gap 3.0 --opacity 0.5 --legend "connectivity"
```
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*See also: [Shared flags](./index.md#shared-flags) — output, appearance, axes, log scale.*