Chinese symbol for “variegated”
驳
bó
Traditional: 駁
variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict
The closest CC-CEDICT match for variegated is 驳 (bó), defined as: variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “variegated”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斑驳陆离 (斑駮陸離) | bān bó lù lí | variegated |
| 斑 | bān | spot; colored patch |
| 绚 (絢) | xuàn | adorned; swift |
| 斒 | bān | variegated; striped |
| 綦 | qí | dark gray; superlative |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 驳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反驳 (反駁) | fǎn bó | to retort; to refute |
| 驳回 (駁回) | bó huí | to reject; to turn down |
| 驳斥 (駁斥) | bó chì | to refute; to debunk |
| 批驳 (批駁) | pī bó | to criticize; to refute |
| 辩驳 (辯駁) | biàn bó | to dispute; to refute |
| 接驳 (接駁) | jiē bó | to access; to transfer passengers between two railway lines |
See also: Japanese symbol for “variegated”.
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.