さんげん

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さんげん – see the following entries.
三弦
Synonym of 三味線 (shamisen): a three-stringed musical instrument similar to a banjo played by plucking with a plectrum
a sanxian (fretless lute with three strings used in traditional Chinese music)
any other three-stringed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sanxian, Okinawan sanshin, or Japanese shamisen
the three types of lute used in 雅楽 (gagaku) music: the 琵琶 (biwa), () , and 和琴 (wagon)
Alternative spelling
三絃
三元
the general term for three festivals: (じょう)(げん) (jōgen)(on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), (ちゅう)(げん) (chūgen)(on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month), and ()(げん) (kagen)(on the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month)
New Year's Day, the beginning(元) of the three time periods: the year, the month and the day
the three elements: heaven(), earth(), and man()
(This term, さんげん (sangen), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 三絃.)