Chinese symbol for “rectify”
修正
xiū zhèng
to revise; to amend; to rectify
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rectify is 修正 (xiū zhèng), defined as: to revise; to amend; to rectify.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rectify”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正 | zhèng | straight; upright |
| 整流 | zhěng liú | to rectify (alternating current to direct current) |
| 整顿 (整頓) | zhěng dùn | to tidy up; to reorganize |
| 矫正 (矯正) | jiǎo zhèng | to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) |
| 矫 (矯) | jiǎo | to correct; to rectify |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 修正.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 修复 (修復) | xiū fù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 修订 (修訂) | xiū dìng | to revise |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rectify”.
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.