Chinese symbol for “mutation”
突变
tū biàn
Traditional: 突變
sudden change; mutation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mutation is 突变 (tū biàn), defined as: sudden change; mutation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mutation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 突变.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 冲突 (衝突) | chōng tū | conflict; to conflict |
| 突破 | tū pò | to break through; to make a breakthrough |
| 突出 | tū chū | prominent; outstanding |
| 突击 (突擊) | tū jī | sudden and violent attack; assault |
| 突发 (突發) | tū fā | to occur suddenly |
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mutation”.
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.