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琵 (ビ) — glissando on strings | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
琵

琵

琵ビ

glissando on strings

Kanji Music & Entertainment KMT1012 strokes

Hold to practice stroke order

On'yomi

ビヒ

glissando on stringslute

ANIMATION

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Concepts using this kanji

biwa (Japanese lute)

Lake Biwa

Heike biwa

lute priest

biwa song

large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku

biwa-bokuboku

琵琶湖大鯰

Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

Satsuma biwa

Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)

biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)

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