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Chinese symbol for “reissue”

再发
zài fā
Traditional: 再發
to reissue; (of a disease) to recur; (of a patient) to suffer a relapse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reissue is 再发 (zài fā), defined as: to reissue; (of a disease) to recur; (of a patient) to suffer a relapse.

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

再 zài
again, twice, re-
radical 13 ⼌ · 6 strokes
发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “reissue”

WordPinyinMeaning
补发 (補發)bǔ fāto supply again (sth lost); to reissue
复刻 (復刻)fù kèto reprint (a work that has been out of print); to reissue (a vinyl album as a CD, etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 再发.

WordPinyinMeaning
不再bù zàino more; no longer
再次zài cìonce more; once again
再也zài yě(not) ever again; (not) any longer
再度zài dùonce more; once again; one more time
再说 (再說)zài shuōto say again; to put off a discussion until later
再见 (再見)zài jiàngoodbye; see you again later
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")

See also: Japanese symbol for “reissue”.

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.