Chinese symbol for “correction”
改正
gǎi zhèng
to correct; to amend; to put right; correction
The closest CC-CEDICT match for correction is 改正 (gǎi zhèng), defined as: to correct; to amend; to put right; correction; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “correction”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矫正 (矯正) | jiǎo zhèng | to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) |
| 批改 | pī gǎi | to mark (homework, exam scripts etc); to correct and criticize (an article) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 改正.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform; to reform |
| 改进 (改進) | gǎi jìn | to improve; to make better; improvement |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “correction”.
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.