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Chinese symbol for “renewable”

可再生
kě zài shēng
(of energy, natural resources etc) renewable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for renewable is 可再生 (kě zài shēng), defined as: (of energy, natural resources etc) renewable.

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Characters and stroke order

可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
再 zài
again, twice, re-
radical 13 ⼌ · 6 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可再生.

WordPinyinMeaning
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
不可bù kěcannot; should not; must not
可怕kě pàawful; dreadful
可爱 (可愛)kě àiadorable; cute
不再bù zàino more; no longer
再次zài cìonce more; once again
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 “renewable”.

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.