琵 — Chinese character
琵
pí
a guitar-like instrument (1)
- Pinyin
- pí
- Radical
- 96 ⽟ (Jade)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 玨 比
- Formation
- pictophonetic — guitar strings; meaning component 玨; sound component 比
- Japanese
- 琵 as a kanji
Common words with 琵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 琵琶 | pí pa | pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard |
| 琵鹭 (琵鷺) | pí lù | spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae) |
| 洋琵琶 | yáng pí pá | mandolin |
| 琵嘴鸭 (琵嘴鴨) | pí zuǐ yā | (bird species of China) northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) |
| 琵琶骨 | pí pa gǔ | (old) scapula |
| 琵琶鱼 (琵琶魚) | pí pa yú | anglerfish |
| 白琵鹭 (白琵鷺) | bái pí lù | (bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) |
| 黑脸琵鹭 (黑臉琵鷺) | hēi liǎn pí lù | (bird species of China) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.