Chinese symbol for “rebirth”
新生
xīn shēng
new; newborn; emerging; nascent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rebirth is 新生 (xīn shēng), defined as: new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rebirth”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重生 | chóng shēng | to be reborn; rebirth |
| 更生 | gēng shēng | resurrection; rebirth |
| 第二春 | dì èr chūn | (lit.) second spring; (fig.) falling in love for the second time |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 新生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew |
| 最新 | zuì xīn | latest; newest |
| 新型 | xīn xíng | new type; new kind |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rebirth”.
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.