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Meanings

glissando on strings, lute

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Encodings

  • Unicode : 7435
  • JIS 208 : 40-92

Coding

Dictionary entries

Classic Nelson < 2472 >
New Nelson < 3653 >
Heisig < 2912 >
Morohashi < 21080 >

Related words

  • 琵琶 - びわ - biwa (Japanese lute); ...
  • 琵琶湖大鯰 - びわこおおなまず - Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis); ...
  • 平家琵琶 - へいけびわ - chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment; ...
  • 琵琶の琴 - びわのこと - biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute); ...
  • 薩摩琵琶 - さつまびわ - Satsuma biwa (or its music); ...
  • 琵琶鱒 - びわます - biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon; ...
  • 琵琶笛 - びやぼん - Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue); ...
  • 琵琶湖 - びわこ - Lake Biwa; ...
  • 琵琶行 - びわこう - biwa song; ...
  • 琵琶鰉 - びわひがい - Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus); ...
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