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Chinese symbol for “musical”

音乐剧
yīn yuè jù
Traditional: 音樂劇
(theater, cinema) a musical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for musical is 音乐剧 (yīn yuè jù), defined as: (theater, cinema) a musical.

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Characters and stroke order

音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes
乐 yuè
cheerful, happy, laughing; music
radical 4 ⼃ · 5 strokes
剧 jù
theatrical plays, opera, drama; severe, acute
radical 18 ⼑ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 音乐剧.

WordPinyinMeaning
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
语音 (語音)yǔ yīnspeech sounds; pronunciation
录音 (錄音)lù yīnto record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn))
影音yǐng yīn(Tw) audio and video; audiovisual
音乐会 (音樂會)yīn yuè huìconcert; 场 (chǎng)
快乐 (快樂)kuài lèhappy; joyful
娱乐 (娛樂)yú lèto entertain; to amuse
电视剧 (電視劇)diàn shì jùTV series; TV drama

See also: Japanese symbol for “musical”.

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.