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Chinese symbol for “conversion”

换算
huàn suàn
Traditional: 換算
to convert; conversion; (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conversion is 换算 (huàn suàn), defined as: to convert; conversion; (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation.

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Characters and stroke order

换 huàn
to change; to exchange, to swap, to trade
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes
算 suàn
to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
radical 118 ⽵ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “conversion”

WordPinyinMeaning
换位 (換位)huàn wèito swap places; (logic) conversion

Related words

Other words that share a character with 换算.

WordPinyinMeaning
交换 (交換)jiāo huànto exchange; to swap
转换 (轉換)zhuǎn huànto change; to switch
更换 (更換)gēng huànto replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
兑换 (兌換)duì huànto convert; to exchange
变换 (變換)biàn huànto transform; to convert
换成 (換成)huàn chéngto exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with
计算 (計算)jì suànto calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend

See also: Japanese symbol for “conversion”.

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.