編木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
編 木
びん
Grade: 5 		ささら > ざさら
Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spelling
拍板

Etymology

Compound of 編 (bin, irregular reading; possibly refers to the way the instrument is bound together) +‎ 簓 (ささら, “bamboo whisk or broom”, which this instrument resembles). The sasara changes to zasara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びんざさら [bìńzáꜜsàrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲĩnd͡za̠sa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

編(びん)木(ざさら) • (binzasara) 

  1. (music) a Japanese percussion instrument made of wooden slats

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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