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Chinese symbol for “piano”

钢琴
gāng qín
Traditional: 鋼琴
piano; measure word: 架 (jià), 台 (tái)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for piano is 钢琴 (gāng qín), defined as: piano; measure word: 架 (jià), 台 (tái).

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

钢 gāng
steel; hard, strong, tough
radical 167 ⾦ · 9 strokes
琴 qín
Chinese lute or guitar, string instrument
radical 96 ⽟ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 钢琴.

WordPinyinMeaning
钢铁 (鋼鐵)gāng tiěsteel
钢材 (鋼材)gāng cáisteel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
钢筋 (鋼筋)gāng jīnsteel reinforcing bar
不锈钢 (不銹鋼)bù xiù gāngstainless steel
小提琴xiǎo tí qínfiddle; violin
大提琴dà tí qíncello (CL:把 (bǎ))
弹琴 (彈琴)tán qínto play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
口琴kǒu qínharmonica

See also: Japanese symbol for “piano”.

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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