Chinese symbol for “reborn”

投生

tóu shēng

reborn (of departed spirit); to be reincarnated; to leave home for a new life

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reborn is 投生 (tóu shēng), defined as: reborn (of departed spirit); to be reincarnated; to leave home for a new life.

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Characters and stroke order

投 tóu

to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest

radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

生 shēng

life, lifetime; birth; growth

radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 投生.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
投资 (投資)	tóu zī	investment; to invest
投入	tóu rù	to throw into; to put into
投票	tóu piào	to vote; to cast a vote
投诉 (投訴)	tóu sù	to lodge a complaint
投资者 (投資者)	tóu zī zhě	investor
投降	tóu xiáng	to surrender
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 “reborn”.

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.