Kanji Database
English
琵

琵 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 琵琶。楽器の一つ。また、その手法。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「瑟」の略体+音符「比」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

glissando on strings, lute

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ビ
  • ヒ
Other languages
  • 拼音pi2
  • 한글bi
  • Hán-ViệtTỳ

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
玉(たま)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7435

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱玨比

Words using this kanji

  • 琵琶びわ弓を使わないで弦をはじく東アジアの撥弦楽器の一つ。biwa (Japanese lute)
  • 琵琶湖びわこ滋賀県の中央部に広がる日本最大の湖。Lake Biwa, Biwako
  • 琵琶行びわこうbiwa song
  • 琵琶笛びやぼんEdo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
  • 琵琶鱒びわますbiwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus), biwa salmon
  • 琵琶鰉びわひがいBiwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)
  • 琵琶の琴びわのことbiwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
  • 琵琶法師びわほうし盲目で僧の姿をし、琵琶を弾きながら経文をとなえたり。平家物語をかたったりする芸人。lute priest, minstrel
  • 琵琶牧々びわぼくぼくbiwa-bokuboku
  • 琵琶湖大鯰びわこおおなまずLake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-4
Four Corner
1111.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4f8.10
Heisig
2921
Nelson
2472