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Chinese symbol for “cosplay”

变装
biàn zhuāng
Traditional: 變裝
to change clothes; to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay; to cross-dress

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cosplay is 变装 (biàn zhuāng), defined as: to change clothes; to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay; to cross-dress.

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
装 zhuāng
dress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 变装.

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
武装 (武裝)wǔ zhuāngarms; equipment
装备 (裝備)zhuāng bèiequipment; to equip

See also: Japanese symbol for “cosplay”.

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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