Chinese symbol for “innovate”
革新
gé xīn
to innovate; innovation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for innovate is 革新 (gé xīn), defined as: to innovate; innovation.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “innovate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼎新 | dǐng xīn | to innovate |
| 推陈出新 (推陳出新) | tuī chén chū xīn | to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 除旧布新 (除舊布新) | chú jiù bù xīn | to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 破旧立新 (破舊立新) | pò jiù lì xīn | to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 革故鼎新 | gé gù dǐng xīn | to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 革新.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 革命 | gé mìng | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 变革 (變革) | biàn gé | to transform; to change |
| 反革命 | fǎn gé mìng | counterrevolutionary |
| 沿革 | yán gé | evolution of sth over time; course of development |
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
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.