Chinese symbol for “events”

事变

shì biàn

Traditional: 事變

incident; unforeseen event; events (in general)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for events is 事变 (shì biàn), defined as: incident; unforeseen event; events (in general).

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Characters and stroke order

事 shì

affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes

变 biàn

to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

變 biàn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 事变.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
事件	shì jiàn	incident; event
事情	shì qing	affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
故事	gù shì	old practice
军事 (軍事)	jūn shì	military affairs; (attributive) military
事实 (事實)	shì shí	fact; 个 (gè)
改变 (改變)	gǎi biàn	to change; to alter
变化 (變化)	biàn huà	(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
变成 (變成)	biàn chéng	to change into; to turn into

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