細棹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
細 棹
ほそ
Grade: 2 		さお > ざお
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 細(ほそ) (hoso, “thin, slender”) + 棹(さお) (sao, “neck of a shamisen”). The sao changes to zao as an instance of rendaku (連濁). First cited to a work from 1776.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

細(ほそ)棹(ざお) • (hosozao) 

  1. One of the three main types of shamisen with a narrow neck and a slender body.

See also

References

  1. ^ “細棹”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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