English Explanatory Dictionary

shakuhachi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.

Pronunciation

/ʃɑkuˈhɑt͡ʃiː/

Word forms

shakuhachi shakuhachis

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi), from 尺 (tsyhek, an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 (peat, “eight”), corresponding to the standard length of the instrument (approximately 55 centimeters).

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