琵
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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
- 𧑜
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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: pí
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pí
- Wade–Giles: pʻi2
- Yale: pí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
- Palladius: пи (pi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: pei4
- Yale: pèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: pei4
- Guangdong Romanization: péi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî
- Tâi-lô: pî
- Phofsit Daibuun: pii
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
- Tâi-lô: kî
- Phofsit Daibuun: kii
- IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
- Tâi-lô: gî
- Phofsit Daibuun: gii
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî
- Tâi-lô: khî
- Phofsit Daibuun: qii
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bi5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pî
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: bjij
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*bi/
Definitions
琵
- only used in 琵琶
- a kind of method of playing pipa
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
琵
- glissando on strings, lute
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
琵 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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Vietnamese
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