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琵 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「王」

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ビ・ヒび・ひ · bi · hi
Kun
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Meaning
lute (biwa)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Paired jade signs with a phonetic element: used to write the name of the plucked lute, the biwa.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 琵琶びわ

    biwa lute

  • 琵琶湖びわこ

    Lake Biwa

More words with this kanji

  • 琵琶法師びわほうし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

琵琶(びわ)の音(おと)が静(しず)かに響(ひび)く。

The sound of the biwa echoes softly.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

琵琶湖琵琶琵湖lake琶lute玖black…珂white…玲tinkli…珊coral珪silico…庇shelte…枇loquat毘assist匪bandit梶rudder
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Compound

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