Chinese symbol for “recharge”
充电
chōng diàn
Traditional: 充電
to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through rest or leisure); (fig.) to update one's skills and knowledge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recharge is 充电 (chōng diàn), defined as: to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through rest or leisure); (fig.) to update one's skills and knowledge.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “recharge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 充值 | chōng zhí | to recharge (money onto a card); to top up |
| 加值 | jiā zhí | to recharge (money onto a card) (Tw) |
| 回充 | huí chōng | to recharge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 充电.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 充满 (充滿) | chōng mǎn | full of; brimming with |
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 充分 | chōng fèn | ample; sufficient |
| 充足 | chōng zú | adequate; sufficient |
| 充实 (充實) | chōng shí | rich; full |
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recharge”.
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.