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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

找 zhǎo
to search for, to look for, to find; change (as in money)
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
回 huí
to return, to turn around; a time
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “retrieve”

WordPinyinMeaning
检索 (檢索)jiǎn suǒto retrieve (data); to look up
挽回wǎn huíto retrieve; to redeem
取回qǔ huíto retrieve
回收huí shōuto recycle; to reclaim

Related words

Other words that share a character with 找回.

WordPinyinMeaning
找到zhǎo dàoto find
寻找 (尋找)xún zhǎoto seek; to look for
找出zhǎo chūto find; to search out
找寻 (找尋)zhǎo xúnto look for; to seek
查找chá zhǎoto search for; to look up
回来 (回來)huí laito return; to come back
回到huí dàoto return to
回家huí jiāto 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.

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