Chinese symbol for “innovation”
创新
chuàng xīn
Traditional: 創新
to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for innovation is 创新 (chuàng xīn), defined as: to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “innovation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 革新 | gé xīn | to innovate; innovation |
| 孵化 | fū huà | breeding; to incubate |
| 独创 (獨創) | dú chuàng | to come up with (an innovation); innovation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 创新.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 创造 (創造) | chuàng zào | to create; to bring about |
| 创作 (創作) | chuàng zuò | to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation |
| 创建 (創建) | chuàng jiàn | to found; to establish |
| 创业 (創業) | chuàng yè | to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship |
| 创立 (創立) | chuàng lì | to establish; to set up; to found |
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew |
See also: Japanese symbol for “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.