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Chinese symbol for “trio”

三重奏
sān chóng zòu
trio (musical ensemble)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for trio is 三重奏 (sān chóng zòu), defined as: trio (musical ensemble).

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Characters and stroke order

三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 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 三重奏.

WordPinyinMeaning
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
三次sān cìthird; three times
三级 (三級)sān jígrade 3; third class
十三shí sānthirteen; 13
三分sān fēnsomewhat; to some degree
第三方dì sān fāngthird party
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 “trio”.

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.