Chinese symbol for “inversion”
反演
fǎn yǎn
inversion (geometry)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inversion is 反演 (fǎn yǎn), defined as: inversion (geometry).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “inversion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反转 (反轉) | fǎn zhuǎn | reversal; inversion |
| 倒位 | dào wèi | inversion |
| 转位 (轉位) | zhuǎn wèi | transposition; displacement |
| 傎 | diān | inversion; mistake |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 反演.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反对 (反對) | fǎn duì | to oppose; to be against; to object to |
| 反应 (反應) | fǎn yìng | to react; to respond |
| 反映 | fǎn yìng | to mirror; to reflect |
| 违反 (違反) | wéi fǎn | to violate (a law) |
| 反而 | fǎn ér | on the contrary; instead |
| 相反 | xiāng fǎn | opposite; contrary |
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inversion”.
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.