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Chinese symbol for “reversible”

可逆
kě nì
reversible; (math.) invertible

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reversible is 可逆 (kě nì), defined as: reversible; (math.) invertible.

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Characters and stroke order

可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
逆 nì
to disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “reversible”

WordPinyinMeaning
双面 (雙面)shuāng miàndouble-sided; two-faced
正反两面 (正反兩面)zhèng fǎn liǎng miàntwo-way; reversible

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可逆.

WordPinyinMeaning
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
不可bù kěcannot; should not; must not
可怕kě pàawful; dreadful
可爱 (可愛)kě àiadorable; cute
逆转 (逆轉)nì zhuǎnto turn back; to reverse
叛逆pàn nìto rebel; to revolt

See also: Japanese symbol for “reversible”.

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.