琵

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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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

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pî / kî / gî / khî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁵

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: bjij

Rime
Character	琵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房脂切
Baxter	bjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/
Li Rong	/bi/
Wang Li	/bi/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bi/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琵
Reading #	1/1
No.	525
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈
Old Chinese	/*bi/
Notes	釋名作枇杷

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 琵

1. Only used in 琵琶.
2. a kind of method of playing pipa

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Japanese

Kanji

琵

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. glissando on strings, lute

Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 琵音(びおん) (bion): arpeggio
• 琵琶(びわ) (biwa): biwa

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 琵 (tì, tỳ)

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