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Chinese symbol for “revert”

回复
huí fù
Traditional: 回復
to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc); variant of 回覆 (huí fù)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for revert is 回复 (huí fù), defined as: to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc); variant of 回覆 (huí fù).

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

回 huí
to return, to turn around; a time
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes
复 fù
again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return
radical 35 ⼢ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “revert”

WordPinyinMeaning
回退huí tuìto revert (computing); to return (a package or letter) to the sender
变回 (變回)biàn huíto revert; to change back into
归还 (歸還)guī huánto return sth; to revert

Related words

Other words that share a character with 回复.

WordPinyinMeaning
回来 (回來)huí laito return; to come back
回到huí dàoto return to
回家huí jiāto return home
回答huí dáto reply; to answer; reply; answer
回应 (回應)huí yìngto respond; response
回去huí quto return; to go back
恢复 (恢復)huī fùto reinstate; to resume
复杂 (複雜)fù zácomplicated; complex

See also: Japanese symbol for “revert”.

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.