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[[File:Sanxian.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A ''sanxian'' on display at the Metropolitan Museum, with a ''[[yueqin]]'' to the left]]

[[File:Sanxian.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A ''sanxian'' on display at the Metropolitan Museum, with a ''[[yueqin]]'' to the left]]

*''Chinese/Japanese'': 三線 ''(sānxiàn　/ sansen)'' or 三絃 ''(sānxián / sangen)''

*''Chinese/Japanese'': 三線 ''(sānxiàn / sansen)'' or 三絃 ''(sānxián / sangen)''

The ''sanxian'' is a Chinese tradition three-stringed plucked lute, from which the Ryukyuan ''[[sanshin]]'' developed, and the Japanese [[shamisen]], in turn, from the ''sanshin''. It shares with the ''sanshin'' a wooden body and snakeskin face, but is a larger instrument, with a longer neck.

The ''sanxian'' is a Chinese tradition three-stringed plucked lute, from which the Ryukyuan ''[[sanshin]]'' developed, and the Japanese [[shamisen]], in turn, from the ''sanshin''. It shares with the ''sanshin'' a wooden body and snakeskin face, but is a larger instrument, with a longer neck.