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Chinese symbol for “reforestation”

重新造林
chóng xīn zào lín
reforestation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reforestation is 重新造林 (chóng xīn zào lín), defined as: reforestation.

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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
造 zào
to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
林 lín
forest, grove; surname
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 重新造林.

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
造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause
森林sēn línforest; measure word: 片 (piàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “reforestation”.

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.