Chinese symbol for “presto”
急板
jí bǎn
(music) presto
The closest CC-CEDICT match for presto is 急板 (jí bǎn), defined as: (music) presto.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 急板.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧急 (緊急) | jǐn jí | urgent; emergency |
| 应急 (應急) | yìng jí | to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency |
| 急剧 (急劇) | jí jù | rapid; sudden |
| 着急 (著急) | zháo jí | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry |
| 急需 | jí xū | to urgently need; urgent need |
| 急救 | jí jiù | to give emergency treatment; first aid |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
| 地板 | dì bǎn | floor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “presto”.
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.