琵

Translingual

Han character

琵 (radical 96 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土心心 (MGPP), four-corner 1171₁, composition ⿱玨比)

1. guitar-like instrument
2. to pluck forward

References

• KangXi: page 736, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21080
• Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1119, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7435

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Cantonese

Hanzi

琵 (jyutping pei4, Yale pei4)

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Japanese

Kanji

琵

Readings

• On: び (bi), ひ (hi)

See also

• 琵琶 (biwa)

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Korean

Hanja

琵 (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

琵 (pinyin pí (pi2), Wade-Giles p'i²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

琵 (tì, tỳ)