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琵

琵

Translingual

Han character

琵 (radical 96 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土心心 (MGPP), four-corner 11711, composition ⿱玨比)

  1. guitar-like instrument
  2. to pluck forward

References

  • KangXi: page 736, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21080
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1119, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7435

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 琵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梐 *piː, *biːʔ
狴 *piː
悂 *piː, *pʰi
螕 *piː
鎞 *piː
蓖 *piː
篦 *piː, *bis
批 *pʰiː
砒 *pʰiː
鈚 *pʰiː, *bi
磇 *pʰiː
媲 *pʰiːs
笓 *biː
膍 *biː, *bi
陛 *biːʔ
仳 *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡 *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕 *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比 *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣 *piʔ, *pis
秕 *piʔ
沘 *piʔ, *bi
枇 *piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊 *pris
庇 *pis
屁 *pʰis
琵 *bi
毗 *bi
貔 *bi
豼 *bi
蚍 *bi
芘 *bi, *bis
肶 *bi
魮 *bi
阰 *bi
坒 *bis, *biɡ
玭 *bin

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 琵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 房脂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /biɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /bjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bi/
Li
Rong		 /bi/
Wang
Li		 /bi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pí
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 琵
Reading # 1/1
No. 525
Phonetic
component		 比
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 𣬈
Old
Chinese		 /*bi/
Notes 釋名作枇杷

Definitions

琵

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Compounds

  • 反彈琵琶／反弹琵琶
  • 彈琵琶／弹琵琶
  • 琵琶 (pípá)
  • 琵琶別抱／琵琶别抱
  • 琵琶湖 (Pípáhú)
  • 琵琶舊語／琵琶旧语
  • 琵琶蟲／琵琶虫
  • 琵琶行
  • 琵琶襟
  • 琵琶記／琵琶记
  • 琵琶調／琵琶调
  • 琵琶譜／琵琶谱
  • 琵琶錄／琵琶录
  • 琵琶骨
  • 琵琶魚／琵琶鱼
  • 琵琶鮫／琵琶鲛
  • 銅琵鐵板／铜琵铁板
  • 黑面琵鷺／黑面琵鹭

Japanese

Kanji

琵

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

琵 • ‎(bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

琵 (tì, tỳ)

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