Chinese symbol for “evolution”
演进
yǎn jìn
Traditional: 演進
evolution; gradual forward progress
The closest CC-CEDICT match for evolution is 演进 (yǎn jìn), defined as: evolution; gradual forward progress.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “evolution”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进化 (進化) | jìn huà | to evolve (biologically, technologically etc); evolution |
| 演化 | yǎn huà | to evolve; evolution |
| 天演 | tiān yǎn | natural change; evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 演进.
| 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 |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 进入 (進入) | jìn rù | to enter; to go into |
See also: Japanese symbol for “evolution”.
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.