变 — to change; to become different
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- Pinyin
- biàn
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 变: 8 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 变 in the HSK syllabus: 20
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 变biànto change; to become different; to transformHSK 3
- 变成biànchéngto change into; to turn into; to becomeHSK 3
- 变化biànhuàto change; to vary; change; variationHSK 3
- 改变gǎibiànto change; to alter; to transformHSK 4
- 变动biàndòngto change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuationHSK 5
- 转变zhuǎnbiànto change; to transform; shift; transformationHSK 5
- 变质biànzhìto degenerate; to deteriorate; to go bad; to go offHSK 6
- 变革biàngéto transform; to changeHSK 7–9
- 变更biàngēngto change; to alter; to modifyHSK 7–9
- 变故biàngùan unforeseen event; accident; misfortuneHSK 7–9
- 变换biànhuànto transform; to convert; to vary; to alternateHSK 7–9
- 变幻莫测biànhuàn-mòcèto change unpredictably; unpredictable; erraticHSK 7–9
- 变迁biànqiānchanges; vicissitudesHSK 7–9
- 变通biàntōngpragmatic; flexibleHSK 7–9
- 变形biànxíngto become deformed; to change shape; to morphHSK 7–9
- 变异biànyìvariationHSK 7–9
- 剧变jùbiànto change dramatically; radical changeHSK 7–9
- 千变万化qiānbiàn-wànhuàcountless changes; constant permutationHSK 7–9
- 演变yǎnbiànto develop; to evolveHSK 7–9
- 一成不变yìchéng-búbiànimmutable; impervious to change; set in stoneHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.