さんげん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さんげん – see the following entries.

[noun] Synonym of 三味線 (shamisen): a three-stringed musical instrument similar to a banjo played by plucking with a plectrum

[noun] a sanxian (fretless lute with three strings used in traditional Chinese music)

[noun] any other three-stringed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sanxian, Okinawan sanshin, or Japanese shamisen

[noun] the three types of lute used in 雅楽 (gagaku) music: the 琵琶 (biwa), 箏 (sō) , and 和琴 (wagon)

Alternative spelling
三絃

【三元】

[noun] the general term for three festivals: 上(じょう)元(げん) (jōgen)(on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), 中(ちゅう)元(げん) (chūgen)(on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month), and 下(か)元(げん) (kagen)(on the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month)

[noun] New Year's Day, the beginning(元) of the three time periods: the year, the month and the day

[noun] the three elements: heaven(天), earth(地), and man(人)

(This term, さんげん (sangen), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 三絃.)