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Chinese symbol for “reappear”

重现
chóng xiàn
Traditional: 重現
to reappear

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reappear is 重现 (chóng xiàn), defined as: to reappear.

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Characters and stroke order

重 chóng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes
现 xiàn
to appear, to manifest; current, now
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “reappear”

WordPinyinMeaning
复现 (復現)fù xiànto reappear; to persist (in memory)
复发 (復發)fù fāto recur (of a disease); to reappear
再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time

Related words

Other words that share a character with 重现.

WordPinyinMeaning
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical
重点 (重點)chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
现在 (現在)xiàn zàinow; at present; currently
发现 (發現)fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up

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.