Readings

Kana: ビ、ヒ
Romaji: bi, hi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

glissando on strings, lute

Stroke Diagram

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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)
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