Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
glissando on strings, lute
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1965 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 琵琶 【ビワ】 biwa (Japanese lute)
  • 琵琶湖 【ビワコ】 Lake Biwa, Biwako

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pi2
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • laúd

Portuguese

French

2472 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3453 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2420 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21080 Morohashi
3653 New Nelson (John Haig)
2912 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2921 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
1171.1 Four corner code
1111.1 Four corner code
1-40-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7435 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
lute
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1966 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 琵琶 【ビワ】 biwa (Japanese lute)
  • 楽琵琶 【ガクビワ】 large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pa2, ba5
Korean:
pa

Spanish

  • laúd

Portuguese

French

2945 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3454 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2421 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21081 Morohashi
3649 New Nelson (John Haig)
2913 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2922 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
1171.7 Four corner code
1-39-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7436 Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 鰉 【ひがい】 Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (species of minnow)
  • 脂鰉 【あぶらひがい】 Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis (species of cyprinid)
  • 河鰉 【かわひがい】 Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang2
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

46323 Morohashi
6890 New Nelson (John Haig)
11a9.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-9 SKIP code
2631.4 Four corner code
1-82-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9c09 Unicode hex code