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琶 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「王」

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On
ハ・ベ・ワは・べ・わ · ha · be · wa
Kun
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Meaning
lute (biwa)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Paired jade signs with 巴 as phonetic: paired with the preceding character to name the biwa lute.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 琵琶びわ

    biwa lute

  • 琵琶法師びわほうし

    blind biwa-playing minstrel

More words with this kanji

  • 琵琶湖びわこ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

琵琶(びわ)法師(ほうし)が物語(ものがたり)を語(かた)り伝(つた)えた。

Blind biwa minstrels handed the tales down.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

琵琶法師琵琶法師琵琶琶師teache…法law琵lute玖black…珂white…玲tinkli…珊coral珪silico…巴comma…芭banana…杷rake娃beauti…倭ancien…
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Compound

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