Definitions For Shakuhachi

Noun

SHAKUHACHI (plural SHAKUHACHIs) (musical instruments) A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 尺八, tr=chǐbā Japanese: 尺八, tr=しゃくはち shakuhachi Korean: {{t-needed, ko}}

Etymology

From {{der, en, ja, 尺八, tr=しゃくはち, shakuhachi}}, from {{etyl, ltc, en}} 尺八, , shakuhachi; bamboo flute, tr=t͡ʃʰjek-pɛt, from 尺 (an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 ("eight"). Numbered list item