琵 — kanji meaning “glissando on strings”
琵
glissando on strings, lute
- Meanings
- glissando on strings, lute
- On'yomi
- ビ (bi)、ヒ (hi)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #1965 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 96
- Chinese reading
- pí — Chinese character page
Words with 琵
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 琵琶 | びわ biwa | biwa (Japanese lute) |
| 琵琶湖 | びわこ biwako | Lake Biwa; Biwako |
| 薩摩琵琶 | さつまびわ satsumabiwa | Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute |
| 琵琶行 | びわこう biwakou | biwa song |
| 琵琶笛 | びやぼん biyabon | Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue) |
| 琵琶鱒 | びわます biwamasu | biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon |
| 琵琶の琴 | びわのこと biwanokoto | biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute) |
| 平家琵琶 | へいけびわ heikebiwa | Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari |
| 琵琶鰉 | びわひがい biwahigai | Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus) |
| 楽琵琶 | がくびわ gakubiwa | large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku |
| 琵琶法師 | びわほうし biwahoushi | lute priest; minstrel; blind travelling biwa player dressed like a Buddhist monk |
| 琵琶牧々 | びわぼくぼく biwabokuboku | biwa-bokuboku; yōkai in the shape of a Buddhist priest with the head of a biwa |
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