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Chinese symbol for “regain”

收回
shōu huí
to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw

The closest CC-CEDICT match for regain is 收回 (shōu huí), defined as: to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

收 shōu
to collect, to gather, to harvest
radical 66 ⽁ · 6 strokes
回 huí
to return, to turn around; a time
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “regain”

WordPinyinMeaning
重获 (重獲)chóng huòto regain
恢复 (恢復)huī fùto reinstate; to resume
重拾chóng shíto pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence)
扳回bān huíto pull back; to regain (one's dignity etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 收回.

WordPinyinMeaning
收入shōu rùto take in; income
收到shōu dàoto receive
收集shōu jíto gather; to collect
收费 (收費)shōu fèito charge a fee
收购 (收購)shōu gòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acq
吸收xī shōuto absorb; to assimilate
回来 (回來)huí laito return; to come back
回到huí dàoto return to

See also: Japanese symbol for “regain”.

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.

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