奏(zòu): to play music
HSK 69 strokes
to play music
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- zòu
- Meaning
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 6
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 奏 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿱？天A report about (above) the emperor 天
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
How to write 奏 step by step
9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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