琵
see 琵琶, pipa lute
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,341 U+7435
How 琵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
玨 (semantic, “guitar strings”) + 比 (phonetic, bǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 比
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 比 (bǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比 sound component | bǐ | to compare, liken; comparison; than |
| 批 | pī | comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale |
| 屁 | pì | to break wind, to fart; the buttocks |
| 毕 | bì | to finish, to conclude, to end; completed |
| 庇 | bì | cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor |
| 毙 | bì | to kill; to die a violent death |
| 吡 | bǐ | to blame |
| 毗 | pí | to aid, to help; to adjoin, to connect |
| 秕 | bǐ | chaff, husk |
| 蚍 | pí | mussels, shellfish |
| 蓖 | bì | the castor-oil plant; Ricinus commumis |
| 砒 | pī | arsenic |
| 妣 | bǐ | one's deceased mother |
| 枇 | pí | loquat tree |
| 纰 | pī | carelessness; error, mistake; spoiled silk |
| 貔 | pí | fox, leopard, panther |
| 仳 | pǐ | separate, part company |
| 舭 | bǐ | bilge |
| 芘 | pí | common mallow; Malva sylvestris |
Words containing 琵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑脸琵鹭 | hēi liǎn pí lù | (bird species of China) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) |
| 琵嘴鸭 | pí zuǐ yā | (bird species of China) northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) |
| 白琵鹭 | bái pí lù | (bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) |
| 琵琶行 | Pí pa Xíng | Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4] |
| 琵琶鱼 | pí pa yú | anglerfish |
| 琵琶骨 | pí pa gǔ | (old) scapula |
| 洋琵琶 | yáng pí pá | mandolin |
| 琵鹭 | pí lù | spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae) |
| 琵琶 | pí pa | pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard |