# 琵

| 琵 | U+7435, &#29749; 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 1171$_1$, composition ⿱玨比)

#### Derived characters

* 𧑜

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (pi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pî / kî / gî / khî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bi$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pí
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pí
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^2$
*** Yale: pí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^4$
*** Yale: pèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (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: bi$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pî
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: bjij
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 |
| Baxter | bjij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bi/ |
| Li Rong | /bi/ |
| Wang Li | /bi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^4$ |
* 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
* Only used in 琵琶.
* a kind of method of playing pipa

#### Compounds

* 反彈琵琶 / 反弹琵琶
* 彈琵琶 / 弹琵琶
* 琵琶 (pípá)
* 琵琶別抱 / 琵琶别抱 (pípábiébào)
* 琵琶湖 (Pípáhú)
* 琵琶舊語 / 琵琶旧语
* 琵琶蝦 / 琵琶虾 (pípáxiā)
* 琵琶蟲 / 琵琶虫 (pípáchóng)
* 琵琶行
* 琵琶襟
* 琵琶記 / 琵琶记
* 琵琶調 / 琵琶调
* 琵琶譜 / 琵琶谱
* 琵琶錄 / 琵琶录
* 琵琶骨 (pípagǔ)
* 琵琶魚 / 琵琶鱼 (pípáyú)
* 琵琶鮫 / 琵琶鲛
* 琵音 (píyīn)
* 琵鷺 / 琵鹭 (pílù)
* 銅琵鐵板 / 铜琵铁板
* 黑面琵鷺 / 黑面琵鹭

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* glissando on strings, lute

#### Readings

* Go-on: び (bi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)

#### Compounds

* 琵音(びおん) (bion): arpeggio
* 琵琶(びわ) (biwa): biwa
* 琵琶湖(びわこ) (Biwako) Lake Biwa

## Korean
### Hanja

琵 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

琵: Hán Việt readings: tì, tỳ
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