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Chinese symbol for “deviate”

偏离
piān lí
Traditional: 偏離
to deviate; to diverge; to wander

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deviate is 偏离 (piān lí), defined as: to deviate; to diverge; to wander.

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
离 lí
rare beast; strange; elegant
radical 114 ⽱ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “deviate”

WordPinyinMeaning
爽shuǎngbright; clear
乖离guāi líto part; to separate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 偏离.

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
偏好piān hàoto have a special liking (for sth)
偏差piān chādeviation; bias
离开 (離開)lí kāito depart; to leave
距离 (距離)jù lídistance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from
脱离 (脫離)tuō líto separate oneself from; to break away from

See also: Japanese symbol for “deviate”.

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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