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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.

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

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

Related words

Other words that share a character with 奏鸣曲.

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

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.

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