samisen

noun

a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox

Roots

sansa- · Chinese · three weimi- · Chinese · taste, flavor xiansen- · Chinese · string

Synonyms for samisen

pandura luten banjon mandolinn archlute ukulelen sitarn theorbo uken guitarn

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Where does samisen come from?

The word samisen breaks down into 3 roots of Chinese origin: sa, from Chinese san (“three”); mi, from Chinese wei (“taste, flavor”); and sen, from Chinese xian (“string”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.