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Guitar-Like Guitar-Like Instrument

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Minerals
pí
ビ、ヒ
비
Phonosemantic compound. 玨 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.
Components
玨 two+ 比 compare =
琵 Guitar-Like Guitar-Like Instrument
玨 Meaning component
jué two
two pieces of jade joined together
比 Phonetic component
bǐ compare
to compare, liken
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Notes
Similar Characters
班 class豊 plentiful (jp)琶 guitar-like instrument瑟 Chinese harp仳 part吡 blame坒 to compare妣 one's deceased mother屁 fart庇 shield批 criticize枇 loquat (iii)毕 end (simp)毗 connect毙 die (simp)砒 arsenic秕 empty grain or rice husk篦 fine-toothed comb紕 spoiled (trad)纰 spoiled silk (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
琵
Regular
Modern
Chinese
琵 [pí]
see 琵琶, pipa lute
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (13)
琵琶 [pí​pa] #31,550
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
洋琵琶 [yáng​pí​pá]
mandolin
琵嘴鸭 [pí​zuǐ​yā]
(bird species of China) northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
琵嘴鸭 [pí​zuǐ​yā]
(bird species of China) northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
琵琶行 [Pí​pa​Xíng]
Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bái​Jū​yì]
琵琶鱼 [pí​pa​yú]
anglerfish
琵琶鱼 [pí​pa​yú]
anglerfish
琵鹭 [pí​lù]
spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)
琵鹭 [pí​lù]
spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)
白琵鹭 [bái​pí​lù]
(bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
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JAPANESE WORDS (14)
⭐ 琵琶 [びわ] #35,026
biwa (Japanese lute)
⭐ 琵琶湖 [びわこ] #40,542
Lake Biwa
琵琶法師 [びわほうし] #82,322
lute priest
平家琵琶 [へいけびわ] #148,788
Heike biwa
琵琶行 [びわこう] #163,139
biwa song
薩摩琵琶 [さつまびわ] #192,775
Satsuma biwa
口琴 [こうきん]
mouth harp
楽琵琶 [がくびわ]
large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku
琵琶の琴 [びわのこと]
biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
琵琶湖大鯰 [びわこおおなまず]
Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
비파
oriental mandolin