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Chinese symbol for “mutant”

突变株
tū biàn zhū
Traditional: 突變株
mutant; mutant strain (of virus)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mutant is 突变株 (tū biàn zhū), defined as: mutant; mutant strain (of virus).

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Characters and stroke order

突 tū
sudden, abrupt, unexpected
radical 116 ⽳ · 9 strokes
变 biàn
to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
株 zhū
root, stump; measure word for trees
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 突变株.

WordPinyinMeaning
突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected
冲突 (衝突)chōng tūconflict; to conflict
突破tū pòto break through; to make a breakthrough
突出tū chūprominent; outstanding
突击 (突擊)tū jīsudden and violent attack; assault
突发 (突發)tū fāto occur suddenly
改变 (改變)gǎi biànto change; to alter
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
株式会社 (株式會社)zhū shì huì shèJapanese limited company; corporation

See also: Japanese symbol for “mutant”.

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.