琶 = 玨 + 巴

琶 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “guitar-like instrument”. It is built from 玨 (two pieces of jade joined together) and 巴 (greatly desire). It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword: guitar-like instrument
Pinyin (Mandarin): pá
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: гитарный инструмент
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 琶 lute

Decomposition

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玨 two pieces of jade joined together
巴 greatly desire

Characters that contain 琶

潖 name of a place in guangdong

How to find 琶 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “two pieces of jade joined together” + “greatly desire”. 琶 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 琶 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.