Chinese symbol for “rename”
改名
gǎi míng
to rename
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rename is 改名 (gǎi míng), defined as: to rename.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rename”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 更名 | gēng míng | to rename |
| 改称 (改稱) | gǎi chēng | to change a name; to rename |
| 重命名 | chóng mìng míng | (computing) to rename |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 改名.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform; to reform |
| 改进 (改進) | gǎi jìn | to improve; to make better; improvement |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous; noted |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rename”.
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.