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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 梐
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*piː, *biːʔ
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| 狴
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*piː
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| 悂
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*piː, *pʰi
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| 螕
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*piː
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| 鎞
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*piː
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| 蓖
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*piː
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| 篦
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*piː, *bis
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| 批
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*pʰiː
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| 砒
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*pʰiː
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| 鈚
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*pʰiː, *bi
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| 磇
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*pʰiː
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| 媲
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*pʰiːs
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| 笓
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*biː
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| 膍
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*biː, *bi
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| 陛
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*biːʔ
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| 仳
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*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
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| 吡
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*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
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| 紕
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*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
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| 比
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*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
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| 妣
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*piʔ, *pis
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| 秕
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*piʔ
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| 沘
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*piʔ, *bi
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| 枇
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*piʔ, *bi, *bis
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| 粊
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*pris
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| 庇
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*pis
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| 屁
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*pʰis
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| 琵
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*bi
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| 毗
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*bi
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| 貔
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*bi
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| 豼
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*bi
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| 蚍
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*bi
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| 芘
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*bi, *bis
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| 肶
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*bi
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| 魮
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*bi
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| 阰
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*bi
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| 坒
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*bis, *biɡ
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| 玭
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*bin
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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琵
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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525
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Phonetic
component
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比
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𣬈
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Old
Chinese
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/*bi/
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| Notes
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釋名作枇杷
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Definitions
琵
- Only used in 琵琶.
- a kind of method of playing pipa
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
琵
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- glissando on strings, lute
Readings
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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