琵

pí

see 琵琶, pipa lute

Radical: 王 Strokes: 12

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

理王珠环球班玩现珍琴瑶瑞

Same radical

理王珠环球班玩现珍琴瑶瑞琼琐录

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Character Decomposition

琵=玨+比

Etymology

guitar strings

Meanings

see 琵琶, pipa lute

pí

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Words with 琵 21 total

pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard琵琶pí pa spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)琵鹭pí lù (old) scapula琵琶骨pí pa gǔ mandolin洋琵琶yáng pí pá (bird species of China) northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)琵嘴鸭pí zuǐ yā Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易琵琶行Pí pa Xíng anglerfish琵琶鱼pí pa yú (bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)白琵鹭bái pí lù (bird species of China) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)黑脸琵鹭hēi liǎn pí lù

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