Shakuhachi
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 尺八 (shakuhachi), from 尺 (shaku, an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 (hachi), meaning "eight".
Noun
- 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, originally used by Zen Buddhist Monks of the sect in the practice of .