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琶
pá
a guitar-like instrument (2)
🔤 Pictophonetic:
玨 (guitar strings) provides meaning, 巴 provides pronunciation
Words Using 琶 (5)
Character
Pinyin
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HSK
琶
pá
see [[琵琶]], pipa lute
琶
pá
see [[琵琶]], pipa lute
琵琶
pípa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
琵琶
pípa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
洋琵琶
yángpípá
mandolin
洋琵琶
yángpípá
mandolin
琵琶行
PípaXíng
Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi [[白居易<BáiJūyì>]]
琵琶行
PípaXíng
Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi [[白居易<BáiJūyì>]]
琵琶鱼
pípayú
anglerfish
琵琶鱼
pípayú
anglerfish
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿱玨巴
i
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