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Chinese symbol for “resurgence”

中兴
zhōng xīng
Traditional: 中興
resurgence; recovery; restoration

The closest CC-CEDICT match for resurgence is 中兴 (zhōng xīng), defined as: resurgence; recovery; restoration.

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Characters and stroke order

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
兴 xīng
to thrive, to prosper, to flourish
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “resurgence”

WordPinyinMeaning
再起zài qǐto arise again; to make a comeback
回潮huí cháoto become moist again; to revive (usually of sth bad)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中兴.

WordPinyinMeaning
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
中学 (中學)zhōng xuémiddle school
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
兴趣 (興趣)xìng qùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
高兴 (高興)gāo xìnghappy; glad

See also: Japanese symbol for “resurgence”.

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.