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Chinese symbol for “pickup”

拾音器
shí yīn qì
pickup (electro-acoustic transducer)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pickup is 拾音器 (shí yīn qì), defined as: pickup (electro-acoustic transducer).

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

拾 shí
to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes
器 qì
device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
radical 30 ⼝ · 16 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pickup”

WordPinyinMeaning
唱头 (唱頭)chàng tóupickup (cartridge assembly of a vinyl record player)
电唱头 (電唱頭)diàn chàng tóupickup (of a record player)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拾音器.

WordPinyinMeaning
收拾shōu shito put in order; to tidy up
重拾chóng shíto pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence)
不可收拾bù kě shōu shi(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
拾荒shí huāngto glean; to collect scraps
拾遗 (拾遺)shí yíto pocket a lost article; (fig.) to correct others' errors
捡拾 (撿拾)jiǎn shíto pick up; to gather
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
武器wǔ qìweapon; arms

See also: Japanese symbol for “pickup”.

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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