Memory phrase for the Kanji: 琵


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Meaning

guitar-like instrument, see 琵琶, lute

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: Two pegs for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: to compare (here: 4 strokes for 4 strings)

Mnemonic

The string instrument with 4 strings is this lute.

Radicals

king
two kingsstands for string-instruments
compare
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Vocabulary

 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  


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