Chinese symbol for “enhance”
弘扬
hóng yáng
Traditional: 弘揚
to enhance; to promote; to enrich
The closest CC-CEDICT match for enhance is 弘扬 (hóng yáng), defined as: to enhance; to promote; to enrich.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “enhance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加强 (加強) | jiā qiáng | to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance |
| 长 (長) | zhǎng | chief; head |
| 增进 (增進) | zēng jìn | to promote; to enhance |
| 润 (潤) | rùn | moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate |
| 增色 | zēng sè | to enrich; to enhance |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弘扬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弘法 | hóng fǎ | to propagate Buddhist teachings |
| 恢弘 | huī hóng | variant of 恢宏 (huī hóng) |
| 弘愿 (弘願) | hóng yuàn | variant of 宏愿 (hóng yuàn) |
| 弘图 (弘圖) | hóng tú | variant of 宏图 (hóng tú) |
| 宽弘 (寬弘) | kuān hóng | magnanimous; generous |
| 宣扬 (宣揚) | xuān yáng | to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide |
| 赞扬 (讚揚) | zàn yáng | to praise; to approve of |
| 发扬 (發揚) | fā yáng | to develop; to make full use of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “enhance”.
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.