Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 kings(stands for string-instruments)
compare
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Vocabulary

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)


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