Chinese symbol for “mutilate”

变造

biàn zào

Traditional: 變造

to alter; to modify; to mutilate (of documents)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mutilate is 变造 (biàn zào), defined as: to alter; to modify; to mutilate (of documents).

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Characters and stroke order

变 biàn

to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

造 zào

to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture

radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

變 biàn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 变造.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
改变 (改變)	gǎi biàn	to change; to alter
变化 (變化)	biàn huà	(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
变成 (變成)	biàn chéng	to change into; to turn into
变得 (變得)	biàn de	to become
转变 (轉變)	zhuǎn biàn	to change; to transform
变态 (變態)	biàn tài	to metamorphose (biology); abnormal
造成	zào chéng	to bring about; to create; to cause
创造 (創造)	chuàng zào	to create; to bring about

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.