琵

琵

琵 U+7435, 琵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7435 ← 琴 [U+7434] CJK Unified Ideographs 琶 → [U+7436]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𧑜

References

• KangXi: 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
• Min Nan

  (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)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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: /biɪ/

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
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

琵

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

Compounds

琵琶 (pípá) 琵琶湖 (Pípáhú) 琵琶行 琵琶襟 琵琶骨 (pípagǔ) 琵音 (píyīn) 反彈琵琶／反弹琵琶

彈琵琶／弹琵琶 琵琶別抱／琵琶别抱 (pípábiébào) 琵琶舊語／琵琶旧语 琵琶蝦／琵琶虾 (pípáxiā) 琵琶蟲／琵琶虫 琵琶記／琵琶记 琵琶調／琵琶调

琵琶譜／琵琶谱 琵琶錄／琵琶录 琵琶魚／琵琶鱼 (pípáyú) 琵琶鮫／琵琶鲛 琵鷺／琵鹭 (pílù) 銅琵鐵板／铜琵铁板 黑面琵鷺／黑面琵鹭

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Japanese

Kanji

琵

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

琵: Hán Nôm readings: tì, tỳ

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