Chinese symbol for “commutation”
换向
huàn xiàng
Traditional: 換向
commutation (electricity)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for commutation is 换向 (huàn xiàng), defined as: commutation (electricity).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 换向.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交换 (交換) | jiāo huàn | to exchange; to swap |
| 转换 (轉換) | zhuǎn huàn | to change; to switch |
| 更换 (更換) | gēng huàn | to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc) |
| 兑换 (兌換) | duì huàn | to convert; to exchange |
| 变换 (變換) | biàn huàn | to transform; to convert |
| 换成 (換成) | huàn chéng | to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “commutation”.
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.