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Keyword
a guitar-like instrument
  • a guitar-like instrument (1)
Frequency
#3829
Strokes
12
Readings
pí
Mnemonic
玨 (guitar strings) gives the meaning and 比 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
琵琶pípa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
琵鹭pílù
spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)
琵琶行PípaXíng
Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易 (BáiJūyì)