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Chinese symbol for “volatile”

易挥发
yì huī fā
Traditional: 易揮發
volatile

The closest CC-CEDICT match for volatile is 易挥发 (yì huī fā), defined as: volatile.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

易 yì
to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
挥 huī
to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “volatile”

WordPinyinMeaning
大起大落dà qǐ dà luò(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom); volatile
挥发 (揮發)huī fāto volatilize; to vaporize
挥发性 (揮發性)huī fā xìngvolatility; volatile
易变 (易變)yì biànmutable; volatile

Related words

Other words that share a character with 易挥发.

WordPinyinMeaning
容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
贸易 (貿易)mào yì(commercial) trade; 个 (gè)
轻易 (輕易)qīng yìeasy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
不易bù yìnot easy to do sth; difficult
交易所jiāo yì suǒexchange; stock exchange
发挥 (發揮)fā huīto display; to exhibit
指挥 (指揮)zhǐ huīto conduct; to command
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth

See also: Japanese symbol for “volatile”.

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.