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Chinese symbol for “evolve”

进化
jìn huà
Traditional: 進化
to evolve (biologically, technologically etc); evolution

The closest CC-CEDICT match for evolve is 进化 (jìn huà), defined as: to evolve (biologically, technologically etc); evolution.

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

进 jìn
to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “evolve”

WordPinyinMeaning
演化yǎn huàto evolve; evolution
演变 (演變)yǎn biànto develop; to evolve
衍化yǎn huàto evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc); to develop and change
推移tuī yí(of time) to elapse; to pass; (of a situation) to develop; to evolve
衍变 (衍變)yǎn biànto develop; to evolve

Related words

Other words that share a character with 进化.

WordPinyinMeaning
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 rùto enter; to go into
进一步 (進一步)jìn yī bùto go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
促进 (促進)cù jìnto promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
先进 (先進)xiān jìnsophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)
进步 (進步)jìn bùprogress; improvement; to improve; to progress
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

See also: Japanese symbol for “evolve”.

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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