English Explanatory Dictionary

sanshin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A three-stringed instrument of Okinawan origin, the precursor to the shamisen.

Word forms

sanshin sanshins

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 三線 (sanshin) or Okinawan 三線 (sanshin, literally “three strings”). Doublet of sanxian.

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