Memory phrase for the Kanji: 琵
琵
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Meaning
guitar-like instrument, see 琵琶, lute
Pronunciation
pí
Explanation
Top: Two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: to compare 比 (here: 4 strokes for 4 strings)
Mnemonic
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The string instrument with 4 strings is this lute.
Radicals
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Vocabulary
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蹊跷
qī qiāo
琵琶
pí pa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
洋琵琶
yáng pí pá
mandolin
琵鹭
pí lù
spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)
琵鹭
pí lù