琵

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琵 U+7435, 琵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7435
← 琴
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 琶 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

trad. 琵
simp. # 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
Baxter bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/biɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bi/
Li
Rong 		/bi/
Wang
Li 		/bi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pei4
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

  1. only used in 琵琶
  2. a kind of method of playing pipa

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

琵

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. glissando on strings, lute

Readings

  • Go-on: び (bi)
  • Kan-on: ひ (hi)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

琵: Hán Việt readings: tì, tỳ

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