琵
Readings
Kana:
ビ、ヒ
Romaji:
bi, hi
Meanings
glissando on strings, lute
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
12
Radical Number:
81
Frequency:
1965
Grade:
9
Skip Pattern:
2-8-4
Korean Reading:
bi
Chinese Reading:
pi2
Unicode:
7435
JIS:
487C
Indexes
Nelson Index: 2472
New Nelson Index: 3653
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4f8.10
Four Corner Index: 1111.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 21080
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0940
Remembering the kanji Index: 2912
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2420
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2921
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3453
Words
琵琶湖
(びわこ)
Lake Biwa
琵琶行
(びわこう)
biwa song
薩摩琵琶
(さつまびわ)
Satsuma biwa (or its music)
琵琶鱒
(びわます、ビワマス)
biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon
平家琵琶
(へいけびわ)
chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
琵琶
(びわ)
biwa (Japanese lute)
琵琶笛
(びやぼん)
Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
琵琶湖大鯰
(びわこおおなまず、ビワコオオナマズ)
Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
琵琶鰉
(びわひがい、ビワヒガイ)
Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)
琵琶の琴
(びわのこと)
biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)