Chinese symbol for “invented”
杜撰
dù zhuàn
to fabricate; to make sth up; invented
The closest CC-CEDICT match for invented is 杜撰 (dù zhuàn), defined as: to fabricate; to make sth up; invented.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杜撰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杜绝 (杜絕) | dù jué | to put an end to |
| 杜鹃 (杜鵑) | dù juān | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟); Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花) |
| 杜鹃花 (杜鵑花) | dù juān huā | Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch) |
| 杜仲 | dù zhòng | eucommia (a kind of rubber tree) |
| 杜塞 | dù sè | to stop; to block |
| 撰写 (撰寫) | zhuàn xiě | to write; to compose |
| 撰文 | zhuàn wén | to write an article |
| 编撰 (編撰) | biān zhuàn | to compile; to edit |
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.