Chinese symbol for “accidental”
偶
ǒu
accidental; image; pair; mate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for accidental is 偶 (ǒu), defined as: accidental; image; pair; mate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “accidental”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无意 (無意) | wú yì | inadvertent; accidental |
| 变化音 (變化音) | biàn huà yīn | (music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature) |
| 变音记号 (變音記號) | biàn yīn jì hao | (music) accidental (symbol such as ♯, ♭ or ♮ modifying pitch) |
| 偶见 (偶見) | ǒu jiàn | to happen upon; to see incidentally |
| 变音 (變音) | biàn yīn | change in sound; altered pronunciation; (music) chromatic alteration of pitch; altered note; accidental |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 偶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偶像 | ǒu xiàng | idol |
| 偶尔 (偶爾) | ǒu ěr | occasionally; once in a while |
| 偶然 | ǒu rán | incidentally; occasional |
| 配偶 | pèi ǒu | spouse |
| 玩偶 | wán ǒu | toy figurine; action figure |
| 木偶 | mù ǒu | puppet |
See also: Japanese symbol for “accidental”.
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.