Chinese symbol for “recycle”
回收
huí shōu
to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recycle is 回收 (huí shōu), defined as: to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “recycle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 循环使用 (循環使用) | xún huán shǐ yòng | recycle; to use in cyclic order |
| 还魂 (還魂) | huán hún | to return from the grave; (old) to recycle (waste products) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 回收.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回来 (回來) | huí lai | to return; to come back |
| 回到 | huí dào | to return to |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 回应 (回應) | huí yìng | to respond; response |
| 回去 | huí qu | to return; to go back |
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in; income |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recycle”.
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.