Entry
  1. Noun

    shamisen; samisen

    see 三味線

  2. sanxian (Chinese lute)

  3. the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou)

  4. three strings; three-stringed instrument

Also written 三絃【さんげん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

three

Kun
み.つみっ.つ
On
サンゾウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
14 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

さいさえさぶざえざぶそうただみつみん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-2SKIP code
0a3.1The Kanji Dictionary
1010.1Four corner code
3072deroo
4e09Unicode hex code
1-27-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
8New Nelson (John Haig)
1924New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1225Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
3Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
22Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12Morohashi
23A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
4Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3sakade
4Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3henshall3
10Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
21crowley
3Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
5Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
san1Pinyin reading
samKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bowstring, chord, hypotenuse

Kun
つる
On
ゲン
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1773 of 2500
Radical
bow
WaniKani
Level 56

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3h5.1The Kanji Dictionary
1023.2Four corner code
3571deroo
5f26Unicode hex code
1-24-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1568Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1688New Nelson (John Haig)
287New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
213Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
257Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1386Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1487Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1617A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1345Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1624Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9754Morohashi
1228A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1226Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1290Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1270Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1169Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1446Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
608Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1398Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xian2Pinyin reading
hyeonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
56WaniKani level