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sanxian

Chinese three-stringed lute
Class type of: spike box lute or spike guitar Q1860805

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
type of musical instrument
Subclass of
spike box lute or spike guitar
Country of origin
People's Republic of China[3]
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
321.322-5[4]
P14541
46K7PI[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en san-hsien en sanxian fi hsien tse fi san hsien fi sanxian fi xian ze fi xianzi ja 三弦 ja 三絃 ja 支那三味線 ru Саньсянь ru сяньцзы vi Tam huyền zh 三弦琴 zh 拉阮
🔖 Identifiers · 19
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85117107
GND ID
1252652925
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sanxian.gif ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300214349
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
54593
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/sanxian
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
sanxian
Freebase ID
/m/06cgss
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
san-sian-6ef105
Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ID
mp2013015613
MIMO instrument ID
3436
Museum-digital tag ID
102816
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MusicBrainz instrument ID
ce8d4fc7-08cd-4d13-a84f-297f799e672f
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007553409205171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3971908
SEKO ID
00882
Topic's main category
Category:Sanxian
Yale LUX ID
concept/02bab5cf-127e-47f2-b9cb-981300825680
Zhihu topic ID
20006071

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Country of origin 1
People's Republic of China
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sanshin
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Summary

sanxian is a type of musical instrument[1]. sanxian is a type of spike box lute or spike guitar[2].

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 46K7PI
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Country of origin → People's Republic of China
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → spike box lute or spike guitar
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007553409205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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