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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “evolve”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 演化 | yǎn huà | to evolve; evolution |
| 演变 (演變) | yǎn biàn | to develop; to evolve |
| 衍化 | yǎn huà | to 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 biàn | to develop; to evolve |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 进化.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 先进 (先進) | xiān jìn | sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc) |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; 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.