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三弦 [news2,nf40] ；三絃
【さんげん [news2,nf40] 】

[n]
▶ shamisen
▶ samisen

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1579450 三味線 1. shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

[n]
▶ sanxian (Chinese lute)

[n]
▶ the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou)

[n]
▶ three strings
▶ three-stringed instrument

History:

9.	A 2023-09-29 11:30:05 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Prog and wisdom also lead with 三弦.
8.	A* 2023-09-29 00:43:01 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Every kokugo leads with the 弦 version. N-gram counts are basically the same. ╭─ーー─┬────────╮ │ 三弦 │ 17,372 │ │ 三絃 │ 18,225 │ ╰─ーー─┴────────╯
	Diff:	@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@ -<k_ele> -<keb>三絃</keb> -</k_ele> @@ -10,0 +8,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>三絃</keb>
7.	A 2023-09-28 11:59:05 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6.	A* 2023-09-28 11:57:55 Marcus Richert
	Comments:	alignign w 4, 5
	Diff:	@@ -29 +29 @@ -<gloss>three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou)</gloss> +<gloss>the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou)</gloss> @@ -32,0 +33 @@ +<gloss>three strings</gloss>
5.	A 2020-06-09 00:31:12 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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4.	A* 2020-06-03 23:24:15 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	"samisen" is v common, some 英英 dictionaries (e.g. the one on my kindle, forget which) leads w "samisen" and has an "(also shamisen)" note.
	Diff:	@@ -20,0 +21 @@ +<gloss>samisen</gloss>
3.	A* 2020-06-03 15:49:21 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijr: 雅楽で用いる三種の弦楽器。和琴・琵琶・箏の総称。
	Comments:	That's a different sense.
	Diff:	@@ -21 +20,0 @@ -<gloss>samisen</gloss> @@ -29,2 +28,5 @@ -<gloss>three-stringed instrument (in gagaku)</gloss> -<gloss g_type="expl">generic term covering biwa, wagon, koto, etc.</gloss> +<gloss>three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>three-stringed instrument</gloss>
2.	A 2020-06-03 11:57:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Daijr
	Comments:	This might be better for sense 3. Daijirin is a bit more specific.
	Diff:	@@ -29 +29,2 @@ -<gloss>any three-stringed lute</gloss> +<gloss>three-stringed instrument (in gagaku)</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">generic term covering biwa, wagon, koto, etc.</gloss>
1.	A* 2020-06-02 11:06:46 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs
	Comments:	not sure about the "any" in the last gloss.
	Diff:	@@ -19 +19,2 @@ -<gloss>three-stringed instrument</gloss> +<xref type="see" seq="1579450">三味線</xref> +<gloss>shamisen</gloss> @@ -21,0 +23,8 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>sanxian (Chinese lute)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>any three-stringed lute</gloss> +</sense>

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