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琵
pí
a guitar-like instrument (1)
🔤 Pictophonetic:
玨 (guitar strings) provides meaning, 比 provides pronunciation
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12 strokes
Uncommon (37%)
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Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿱玨比
i
Stroke Order
Component Tree i
wáng
王
king, ruler; royal; surname
💡 Ideographic:
A man 十 bridging heaven and earth (both 一)
4 strokes
HSK 5
wáng
王
king, ruler; royal; surname
💡 Ideographic:
A man 十 bridging heaven and earth (both 一)
4 strokes
HSK 5
bǐ
比
to compare, liken; comparison; than
💡 Ideographic:
Two spoons 匕 side-by-side; 匕 also provides the pronunciation
4 strokes
HSK 2
Words Using 琵 (9)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
琵
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pí
see [[琵琶]], pipa lute
pí
琵
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see [[琵琶]], pipa lute
琵琶
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pípa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
pípa
琵琶
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pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
琵嘴鸭
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pízuǐyā
(Chinese bird species) northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
pízuǐyā
琵嘴鸭
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(Chinese bird species) northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
琵琶行
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PípaXíng
Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi [[白居易<BáiJūyì>]]
PípaXíng
琵琶行
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Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi [[白居易<BáiJūyì>]]
琵琶鱼
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pípayú
anglerfish
pípayú
琵琶鱼
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anglerfish
琵鹭
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pílù
spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)
pílù
琵鹭
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spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)
洋琵琶
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yángpípá
mandolin
yángpípá
洋琵琶
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mandolin
白琵鹭
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báipílù
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
báipílù
白琵鹭
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(Chinese bird species) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
黑脸琵鹭
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hēiliǎnpílù
(Chinese bird species) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)
hēiliǎnpílù
黑脸琵鹭
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(Chinese bird species) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)