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Chinese symbol for “overture”

序曲
xù qǔ
overture

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overture is 序曲 (xù qǔ), defined as: overture.

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

序 xù
order, sequence, series; preface
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes
曲 qǔ
crooked, bent; wrong, false
radical 73 ⽈ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 序曲.

WordPinyinMeaning
程序chéng xùprocedures; sequence
秩序zhì xùorder; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
顺序 (順序)shùn xùsequence; order
应用程序 (應用程序)yìng yòng chéng xù(computing) program; application
序列xù lièsequence
排序pái xùto sort; to arrange in order
歌曲gē qǔsong
曲线 (曲線)qū xiàncurve; curved line

See also: Japanese symbol for “overture”.

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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