Chinese symbol for “restitution”
返还
fǎn huán
Traditional: 返還
restitution; return of something to its original owner; remittance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for restitution is 返还 (fǎn huán), defined as: restitution; return of something to its original owner; remittance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 返还.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 返回 | fǎn huí | to return to; to come (or go) back |
| 重返 | chóng fǎn | to return to |
| 遣返 | qiǎn fǎn | to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war); to send back |
| 往返 | wǎng fǎn | to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip |
| 返乡 (返鄉) | fǎn xiāng | to return to one's home town |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 还是 (還是) | hái shi | still (as before); had better |
| 还好 (還好) | hái hǎo | not bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily |
See also: Japanese symbol for “restitution”.
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.