Chinese symbol for “develop”
演变
yǎn biàn
Traditional: 演變
to develop; to evolve
The closest CC-CEDICT match for develop is 演变 (yǎn biàn), defined as: to develop; to evolve.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “develop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发育 (發育) | fā yù | to develop; to mature |
| 建设 (建設) | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 发扬 (發揚) | fā yáng | to develop; to make full use of |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 演变.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 演员 (演員) | yǎn yuán | actor; actress; performer |
| 演出 | yǎn chū | to act (in a play); to perform |
| 演讲 (演講) | yǎn jiǎng | to give a lecture; to make a speech |
| 扮演 | bàn yǎn | to play the role of; to act |
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “develop”.
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.