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sanshin

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Borrowed from Japanese 三線 (sanshin) or Okinawan 三線 (sanshin, literally “three strings”). Doublet of sanxian.

noun sanshins

A three-stringed instrument of Okinawan origin, the precursor to the shamisen.

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"sanshin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sanshin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{sanshin_2026,
  title = {sanshin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sanshin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}