Chinese symbol for “capricious”
善变
shàn biàn
Traditional: 善變
fickle; mercurial; changeable; capricious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for capricious is 善变 (shàn biàn), defined as: fickle; mercurial; changeable; capricious; to be apt to change.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “capricious”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 善变.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 完善 | wán shàn | (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed |
| 慈善 | cí shàn | benevolent; charitable |
| 善于 (善於) | shàn yú | to be good at; to be adept at |
| 善良 | shàn liáng | good and honest; kindhearted |
| 友善 | yǒu shàn | friendly |
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “capricious”.
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.
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