Chinese symbol for “become”

成为

chéng wéi

Traditional: 成為

to become; to turn into

The closest CC-CEDICT match for become is 成为 (chéng wéi), defined as: to become; to turn into.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

成 chéng

to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed

radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes

为 wéi

to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be

radical 3 ⼂ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

為 wéi

Other Chinese words for “become”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
变得 (變得)	biàn de	to become
为 (為)	wéi	as (in the capacity of); to take sth as
成	chéng	to succeed; to finish
变成 (變成)	biàn chéng	to change into; to turn into
做	zuò	to make; to produce; to write; to compose

Related words

Other words that share a character with 成为.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
完成	wán chéng	to complete; to accomplish
成功	chéng gōng	to succeed; success
成立	chéng lì	to establish; to set up
造成	zào chéng	to bring about; to create; to cause
成员 (成員)	chéng yuán	member
因为 (因為)	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of
认为 (認為)	rèn wéi	to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
为了 (為了)	wèi le	for; for the purpose of; in order to

See also: Japanese symbol for “become”.

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.