Chinese symbol for “retrieve”
找回
zhǎo huí
to retrieve
The closest CC-CEDICT match for retrieve is 找回 (zhǎo huí), defined as: to retrieve.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “retrieve”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 检索 (檢索) | jiǎn suǒ | to retrieve (data); to look up |
| 挽回 | wǎn huí | to retrieve; to redeem |
| 取回 | qǔ huí | to retrieve |
| 回收 | huí shōu | to recycle; to reclaim |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 找回.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 寻找 (尋找) | xún zhǎo | to seek; to look for |
| 找出 | zhǎo chū | to find; to search out |
| 找寻 (找尋) | zhǎo xún | to look for; to seek |
| 查找 | chá zhǎo | to search for; to look up |
| 回来 (回來) | huí lai | to return; to come back |
| 回到 | huí dào | to return to |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
See also: Japanese symbol for “retrieve”.
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.