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Chinese symbol for “immutable”

一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
Traditional: 一成不變
(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone

The closest CC-CEDICT match for immutable is 一成不变 (yī chéng bù biàn), defined as: (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone.

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

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
成 chéng
to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
变 biàn
to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一成不变.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
成为 (成為)chéng wéito become; to turn into
完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish
不是bù shìno; is not
改变 (改變)gǎi biànto change; to alter

See also: Japanese symbol for “immutable”.

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.