shakuhachi

English

Etymology

From Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi), from Middle Chinese 尺八 (t͡ʃʰjek-pɛt, “shakuhachi; bamboo flute”), from 尺 (an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 ("eight").

Pronunciation

enPR: shäko͞oʹhächē, shäʹko͞ohächē, IPA^(key): /ʃɑkʰuˈhɑtʃiː/, /ʃɑkʰuhɑtʃiː/
Hyphenation: sha‧ku‧ha‧chi

Noun

shakuhachi (plural shakuhachis)

(music) 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

flute

Chinese:
Mandarin: 尺八 (zh) (chǐbā)

Japanese: 尺八 (ja) (しゃくはち shakuhachi)
Korean: please add this translation if you can

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑkuhɑtʃi/, [ˈʃɑkuɦɑt̪ʃi]
IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑkuhɑtsi/, [ˈʃɑkuɦɑt̪s̠i]

Noun

shakuhachi

(music) shakuhachi (instrument)

Declension

Inflection of shakuhachi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		shakuhachi	shakuhachit
genitive		shakuhachin	shakuhachien
partitive		shakuhachia	shakuhacheja
illative		shakuhachiin	shakuhacheihin
		singular	plural
nominative		shakuhachi	shakuhachit
accusative	nom.	shakuhachi	shakuhachit
accusative	gen.	shakuhachin	shakuhachit
genitive		shakuhachin	shakuhachien
partitive		shakuhachia	shakuhacheja
inessive		shakuhachissa	shakuhacheissa
elative		shakuhachista	shakuhacheista
illative		shakuhachiin	shakuhacheihin
adessive		shakuhachilla	shakuhacheilla
ablative		shakuhachilta	shakuhacheilta
allative		shakuhachille	shakuhacheille
essive		shakuhachina	shakuhacheina
translative		shakuhachiksi	shakuhacheiksi
instructive		—	shakuhachein
abessive		shakuhachitta	shakuhacheitta
comitative		—	shakuhacheineen

Japanese

Romanization

shakuhachi

Rōmaji transcription of しゃくはち

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