Chinese symbol for “chord”
和弦
hé xián
(music) chord
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chord is 和弦 (hé xián), defined as: (music) chord.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “chord”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弦 | xián | bow string; string of musical instrument |
| 絃 | xián | variant of 弦; bow string |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 和弦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 共和国 (共和國) | gòng hé guó | republic |
| 和谐 (和諧) | hé xié | harmonious; harmony |
| 和尚 | hé shang | Buddhist monk |
| 共和 | gòng hé | republic; republicanism |
| 温和 (溫和) | wēn hé | mild; gentle |
| 琴弦 | qín xián | string (of a stringed instrument) |
| 弦乐 (弦樂) | xián yuè | string music |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chord”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.