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Chinese symbol for “deflection”

偏转
piān zhuǎn
Traditional: 偏轉
deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deflection is 偏转 (piān zhuǎn), defined as: deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line).

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

偏 piān
slanting, inclined; prejudiced
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
转 zhuǎn
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “deflection”

WordPinyinMeaning
偏角piān jiǎoangle of drift (navigation); deflection (from course)
挠曲 (撓曲)náo qūto bend; flexing
偏转角 (偏轉角)piān zhuǎn jiǎoangle of drift (navigation); deflection (from course)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 偏转.

WordPinyinMeaning
偏见 (偏見)piān jiànprejudice; bias
偏偏piān piān(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite
偏向piān xiàngpartial towards sth; to prefer
偏离 (偏離)piān líto deviate; to diverge
偏好piān hàoto have a special liking (for sth)
偏差piān chādeviation; bias
转移 (轉移)zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
转变 (轉變)zhuǎn biànto change; to transform

See also: Japanese symbol for “deflection”.

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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