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琵
pí
1. see [[琵琶]], pipa lute
Uncommon • Top 68% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

琵
pí
a guitar-like instrument (1)
12 丶

Compound Words (8)

琵鹭
pílù
spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)
琵琶
pípa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
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
白琵鹭
báipílù
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
洋琵琶
yángpípá
mandolin
琵嘴鸭
pízuǐyā
(Chinese bird species) northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
黑脸琵鹭
hēiliǎnpílù
(Chinese bird species) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,720
Word Frequency Rank
57,381 of 84,292

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