Chinese symbol for “sonata”

奏鸣曲

zòu míng qǔ

Traditional: 奏鳴曲

sonata

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sonata is 奏鸣曲 (zòu míng qǔ), defined as: sonata.

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Characters and stroke order

奏 zòu

to play; to memorialize; to report

radical 37 ⼤ · 9 strokes

鸣 míng

a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound

radical 196 ⿃ · 8 strokes

曲 qǔ

crooked, bent; wrong, false

radical 73 ⽈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

鳴 míng

Related words

Other words that share a character with 奏鸣曲.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
节奏 (節奏)	jié zòu	rhythm; tempo
演奏	yǎn zòu	to perform on a musical instrument
伴奏	bàn zòu	to accompany (musically)
奏效	zòu xiào	to show results; to be effective
弹奏 (彈奏)	tán zòu	to play (musical instrument, esp. string)
独奏 (獨奏)	dú zòu	solo
共鸣 (共鳴)	gòng míng	(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
百家争鸣 (百家爭鳴)	bǎi jiā zhēng míng	a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
歌曲	gē qǔ	song

See also: Japanese symbol for “sonata”.

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.