perform, play music
On'yomi (音読み)
- ソウ
- ショウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- かな.でる
- そう.する
About this kanji
The kanji 奏 primarily means 'to perform' or 'to play music.' It can be used as a verb with the kun'yomi reading かな.でる, or as a noun in various compounds. A common compound is 演奏 (えんそう), which means 'performance,' often referring to musical performances. Another is 作奏 (さくそう), meaning 'composition,' used when talking about creating music. You might also come across 奏楽 (そうがく), which translates to 'orchestration,' referring to arranging music for an orchestra. Note that while 奏 is closely associated with music, it also carries a sense of performing or presenting something in various contexts.
Built from
Example sentences
彼女はピアノを奏でる。
She plays the piano.
Meanings across languages
- English
- perform, play music
- Tiếng Việt
- biểu diễn, chơi nhạc
- 日本語
- 演奏する, 奏でる
- 한국어
- 연주하다, 음악을 연주하다
- 中文
- 表演, 演奏音乐
- id
- melakukan, memainkan musik
- th
- แสดง, เล่นดนตรี
- es
- interpretar, tocar música
- fr
- interpréter, jouer de la musique
- de
- aufführen, Musik spielen
- pt
- executar, tocar música
Common compounds
- 演奏えんそうperformance, musical performance
- 作奏さくそうcomposition, musical composition
- 奏楽そうがくorchestration, musical performance
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