蛇皮線

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛇 皮 線
じゃ
Grade: S 		び
Grade: 3 		せん
Grade: 2
goon on'yomi

Etymology

From 蛇皮 (jabi, “snakeskin”) +‎ 線 (sen, “string”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1575.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じゃびせん [jàbíséń] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑa̠bʲisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

蛇(じゃ)皮(び)線(せん) • (jabisen) 

  1. [1575] synonym of 三線 (sanshin): an Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument that is the precursor to the shamisen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: jabisen

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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