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Chinese symbol for “reboot”

重新启动
chóng xīn qǐ dòng
Traditional: 重新啟動
to reboot; to restart

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reboot is 重新启动 (chóng xīn qǐ dòng), defined as: to reboot; to restart.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

重 chóng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes
新 xīn
new, recent, fresh, modern
radical 69 ⽄ · 13 strokes
启 qǐ
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “reboot”

WordPinyinMeaning
重新开机 (重新開機)chóng xīn kāi jīto restart; to reboot

Related words

Other words that share a character with 重新启动.

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
新闻 (新聞)xīn wénnews; 条 (tiáo)
创新 (創新)chuàng xīnto bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
更新gēng xīnto replace the old with new; to renew
启动 (啟動)qǐ dòngto start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “reboot”.

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.

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