奏
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to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 奏
- Common rank
- #1,707
- Unicode
- U+594F
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 奏 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A report about (above) the emperor 天
How to remember it
play an instrument · Heisig RSH #2596
bonsai + 天 heavens
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 奏
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 节奏布鲁斯 | Rhythm and Blues R&B | |
| 三重奏 | trio (musical ensemble) | |
| 二重奏 | duet (in music) | |
| 节奏口技 | beatboxing | |
| 四重奏 | quartet (musical ensemble) | |
| 八重奏 | octet (musical ensemble) | |
| 前奏曲 | prelude (music) | |
| 变奏曲 | variation (music) | |
| 无伴奏合唱 | a cappella (music) | |
| 曲终奏雅 | perfect finish (idiom) | |
| 演奏者 | performer; musician | |
| 上奏 | (historical) to submit a memorial to the throne; to make a formal submission to the empero… | |
| 合奏 | to perform music (as an ensemble) | |
| 奏鸣曲式 | sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music) | |
| 重奏 | musical ensemble of several instruments (e.g. duet 二重奏 or trio 三重奏) | |
| 前奏 | prelude; presage | |
| 奏乐 | to perform music; to play a tune | |
| 节奏 | rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat | |
| 变奏 | variation | |
| 间奏 | interlude (music) |
Sound family
These characters use 奏 as their sound component — compare how they read.