中棹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中 棹
ちゅう
Grade: 1 		さお > ざお
Hyōgai
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 中(ちゅう) (chū, “medium”) + 棹(さお) (sao, “neck of a shamisen”). The sao changes to zao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちゅうざお [chùúzáó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨːza̠o̞]

Noun

中(ちゅう)棹(ざお) • (chūzao) 

  1. One of the three main types of shamisen with a medium-sized neck and body.

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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