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Chinese symbol for “deformation”

形变
xíng biàn
Traditional: 形變
deformation; bending

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deformation is 形变 (xíng biàn), defined as: deformation; bending.

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Characters and stroke order

形 xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
radical 59 ⼺ · 7 strokes
变 biàn
to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “deformation”

WordPinyinMeaning
变分 (變分)biàn fēnvariation (calculus); deformation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 形变.

WordPinyinMeaning
形成xíng chéngto form; to take shape
形式xíng shìouter appearance; form
形象xíng xiàngimage; form
形势 (形勢)xíng shìcircumstances; situation
情形qíng xingcircumstances; situation; state of affairs
形态 (形態)xíng tàishape; form
改变 (改變)gǎi biànto change; to alter
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

See also: Japanese symbol for “deformation”.

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.