奏
zòu HSK6

memorialize emperor

奏 zòu
petition emperor verb
to present a formal memorial or official report to the emperor

他上奏皇帝，请求减免赋税。

tā shàng​zòu huáng​dì, qǐng​qiú jiǎn​miǎn fù​shuì.

He submitted a memorial to the emperor, requesting a tax reduction.

achieve verb
to achieve a result, produce an effect, or be successful

这项大胆的计划在关键时刻大奏奇功。

zhè xiàng dà​dǎn de jì​huà zài guān​jiàn shí​kè dà zòu qí gōng.

This bold plan worked wonders at the critical moment.

play music verb
to play music or perform on a musical instrument

乐队在庆典上奏响了国歌。

yuè​duì zài qìng​diǎn shàng zòu​xiǎng le guó​gē.

The band played the national anthem at the ceremony.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,543rd most common 66.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,467th most common 46.0 per million appears in 16% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.52 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
10.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+594F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)