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工工四 (くんくんしい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
kunkunshi ; notation system for the sanshin
music
A traditional Okinawan musical notation system used for the sanshin (three-stringed instrument). The term is domain-specific and primarily encountered in the context of Ryukyuan classical music.
See also: 三線 (さんしん)
At Okinawan sanshin classes, you first learn how to read kunkunshi.
Written forms 工工四くんくんしい
Standard kanji spelling for this Okinawan musical notation term.
工々四くんくんしい
Variant spelling using the iteration mark 々.
Kanji 工 craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48) Etymology The term 工工四 (kunkunshi) is derived from the Chinese characters used in the notation, where 工 represents a specific note. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is deeply tied to the sanshin tradition of the Ryukyu Islands.
