Search Kanji for 前/meaning-of-琵琶

in front

Radical:

Parts:一刂月并

Dictionary:

Meanings

in front; before

ゼンzen
まえmae · -まえ-mae
Popularity rank: 27 Pinyin: qián Korean: jeon Hán-Việt: tiền
Stroke counts: 9 Grade level: 2 JLPT level: 4 Skip code: 2-2-7

Example Words

御前[omai] you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
御前さん[omaesan] you
已前[izen] ago
以前に[izenni] ago
一人前[ichininmae] becoming adult
一人前になる[ichininmaeninaru] to come of age
一昔前[hitomukashimae] long ago
一歩前進[ippozenshin] (a) step forward
駅前[ekimae] in front of station
駅前通り[ekimaedoori] street in front of station

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glissando on strings

Radical:

Parts:王比

Dictionary:

Meanings

glissando on strings; lute

bi · hi
Popularity rank: 1965 Pinyin: Korean: bi Hán-Việt:
Stroke counts: 12 Grade level: 9 Skip code: 2-8-4

Example Words

琵琶[biwa] biwa (Japanese lute)
琵琶行[biwakou] biwa song
琵琶湖[biwako] Lake Biwa
琵琶笛[biyabon] Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
琵琶鱒[biwamasu] biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)
薩摩琵琶[satsumabiwa] Satsuma biwa (or its music)
琵琶の琴[biwanokoto] biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
平家琵琶[heikebiwa] chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
琵琶湖大鯰[biwakooonamazu] Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
琵琶鰉[biwahigai] Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)

Kanji Strokes Diagram

lute

Radical:

Parts:王巴玉

Dictionary:

Meanings

lute

ha · be · wa
Popularity rank: 1966 Pinyin: pá, ba Korean: pa Hán-Việt:
Stroke counts: 12 Grade level: 9 Skip code: 2-8-4

Example Words

琵琶[biwa] biwa (Japanese lute)
琵琶行[biwakou] biwa song
琵琶湖[biwako] Lake Biwa
琵琶笛[biyabon] Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
琵琶鱒[biwamasu] biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)
薩摩琵琶[satsumabiwa] Satsuma biwa (or its music)
琵琶の琴[biwanokoto] biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
平家琵琶[heikebiwa] chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
琵琶湖大鯰[biwakooonamazu] Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
琵琶鰉[biwahigai] Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)

Kanji Strokes Diagram

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