Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 琶
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琶 |
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Meaning |
pipa lute, 琵琶, chin. guitar |
Pronunciation |
pá |
Explanation |
Top: Two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: hope 巴 (Here: image of the sound box of the lute) |
Mnemonic
| The string instrument with a sound box is: the lute. |
Radicals
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two kings | (stands for string-instruments) |
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巴
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to hope, long for | (Actually a slumped person 把 is shown. But the explanations use it as "doorhandle". This understanding is based on the character: 把 (bǎ, bà), which is in combination of a hand 扌 and means: doorknob.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 |
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