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Chinese symbol for “dissenting”

异见
yì jiàn
Traditional: 異見
dissident; dissenting; dissent

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dissenting is 异见 (yì jiàn), defined as: dissident; dissenting; dissent.

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Characters and stroke order

异 yì
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
radical 55 ⼶ · 6 strokes
见 jiàn
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
radical 147 ⾒ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dissenting”

WordPinyinMeaning
持不同政见 (持不同政見)chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn(politically) dissenting; dissident

Related words

Other words that share a character with 异见.

WordPinyinMeaning
差异 (差異)chā yìdifference; discrepancy
异常 (異常)yì chángunusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
异议 (異議)yì yìobjection; dissent
怪异 (怪異)guài yìmonstrous; strange
诡异 (詭異)guǐ yìstrange; weird
优异 (優異)yōu yìexceptional; outstandingly good
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
看见 (看見)kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of

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