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Chinese symbol for “quartet”

四重奏
sì chóng zòu
quartet (musical ensemble)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for quartet is 四重奏 (sì chóng zòu), defined as: quartet (musical ensemble).

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Characters and stroke order

四 sì
four
radical 31 ⼞ · 5 strokes
重 chóng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes
奏 zòu
to play; to memorialize; to report
radical 37 ⼤ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 四重奏.

WordPinyinMeaning
四大sì dàthe four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debate
四处 (四處)sì chùall over the place; everywhere and all directions
四周sì zhōuall around
十四shí sìfourteen; 14
四十sì shíforty; 40
四季sì jìfour seasons, namely: spring 春 (chūn), summer 夏 (xià), autumn 秋 (qiū) and winter 冬 (dōng)
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical
节奏 (節奏)jié zòurhythm; tempo

See also: Japanese symbol for “quartet”.

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.