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Chinese symbol for “changing”

变化多端
biàn huà duō duān
Traditional: 變化多端
changeable; changing; varied; full of changes

The closest CC-CEDICT match for changing is 变化多端 (biàn huà duō duān), defined as: changeable; changing; varied; full of changes.

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

变 biàn
to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
多 duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
radical 36 ⼣ · 6 strokes
端 duān
end, extreme; head; beginning
radical 117 ⽴ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 变化多端.

WordPinyinMeaning
改变 (改變)gǎi biànto change; to alter
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
变成 (變成)biàn chéngto change into; to turn into
变得 (變得)biàn deto become
转变 (轉變)zhuǎn biànto change; to transform
变态 (變態)biàn tàito metamorphose (biology); abnormal
文化wén huàculture; civilization
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
极端 (極端)jí duānextreme

See also: Japanese symbol for “changing”.

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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