Chinese symbol for “variation”
变异
biàn yì
Traditional: 變異
variation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for variation is 变异 (biàn yì), defined as: variation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “variation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变奏 (變奏) | biàn zòu | variation |
| 变奏曲 (變奏曲) | biàn zòu qǔ | variation (music) |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
| 变分 (變分) | biàn fēn | variation (calculus); deformation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 变异.
| 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 |
| 差异 (差異) | chā yì | difference; discrepancy |
| 异常 (異常) | yì cháng | unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally |
See also: Japanese symbol for “variation”.
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.