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Chinese symbol for “voicing”

修音
xiū yīn
voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for voicing is 修音 (xiū yīn), defined as: voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument).

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Characters and stroke order

修 xiū
to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “voicing”

WordPinyinMeaning
浊化 (濁化)zhuó huà(phonetics) voicing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 修音.

WordPinyinMeaning
修改xiū gǎito amend; to alter
维修 (維修)wéi xiūmaintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain
修正xiū zhèngto revise; to amend; to rectify
修复 (修復)xiū fùto restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
修订 (修訂)xiū dìngto revise
修建xiū jiànto build; to construct
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice

See also: Japanese symbol for “voicing”.

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.