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琶
琶
Translingual
Han character
琶 (radical 96 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土日山 (MGAU), four-corner 11717, composition ⿱玨巴)
- guitar-like instrument
- to pluck backwards
References
- KangXi: page 736, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21081
- Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1119, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7436
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
琶 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (巴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 巴 | *praː |
| 芭 | *praː |
| 笆 | *praː, *braːʔ |
| 豝 | *praː |
| 鈀 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 吧 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 蚆 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 疤 | *praː |
| 把 | *praːʔ |
| 爸 | *praːs, *baʔ |
| 弝 | *praːs |
| 靶 | *praːs |
| 葩 | *pʰraː |
| 舥 | *pʰraː |
| 妑 | *pʰraː |
| 帊 | *pʰraːs |
| 琶 | *braː |
| 爬 | *braː |
| 杷 | *braː, *braːs, *braːs |
| 跁 | *braːʔ, *braːs |
| 耙 | *braːs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ
- Wade-Giles: p'a2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: par
- IPA (key): /pʰa̠³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: paa4
- Yale: pàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: paa4
- IPA (key): /pʰɑː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 琶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 蒲巴切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/bˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/bᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ba/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/baɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ba/ |
| Wang Li |
/ba/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
pá |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 琶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 116 |
| Phonetic component |
巴 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
爬 |
| Old Chinese |
/*braː/ |
| Notes | 釋名作枇杷 |
Definitions
琶
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
琶
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
琶 • (pa) (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune-Reischauer p'a, Yale pha)
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Vietnamese
Han character
琶 (bà)
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