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

On’yomi

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

Noun

蛇(じゃ)皮(び)線(せん) • (jabisen)

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

Derived terms

蛇味線(じゃみせん) (jamisen, variant spelling of jabisen above)
- 三味線(しゃみせん) (shamisen, “shamisen”)

Descendants

→ English: jabisen

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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