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Chinese symbol for “instability”

不稳性
bù wěn xìng
Traditional: 不穩性
instability

The closest CC-CEDICT match for instability is 不稳性 (bù wěn xìng), defined as: instability.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
稳 wěn
steady, stable; solid, firm
radical 115 ⽲ · 14 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不稳性.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
稳定 (穩定)wěn dìngsteady; stable
平稳 (平穩)píng wěnsmooth; steady
稳步 (穩步)wěn bùsteadily; a steady pace
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “instability”.

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.