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Chinese symbol for “note”

音符
yīn fú
(music) note; phonetic component of a Chinese character; phonetic symbol; phonogram

The closest CC-CEDICT match for note is 音符 (yīn fú), defined as: (music) note; phonetic component of a Chinese character; phonetic symbol; phonogram.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes
符 fú
amulet, charm; mark, tag; to correspond to
radical 118 ⽵ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “note”

WordPinyinMeaning
附注 (附註)fù zhùnote; annotation
便条 (便條)biàn tiáo(informal) note; 张 (zhāng),个 (gè)
按语 (按語)àn yǔnote; comment
记 (記)jìto record; to note
便签 (便簽)biàn qiānnote; memo

Related words

Other words that share a character with 音符.

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)
符合fú héin accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence
符号 (符號)fú hàosymbol; mark; sign

See also: Japanese symbol for “note”.

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.

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