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Chinese symbol for “revitalization”

维新
wéi xīn
Traditional: 維新
(political) reform; revitalization; modernization

The closest CC-CEDICT match for revitalization is 维新 (wéi xīn), defined as: (political) reform; revitalization; modernization.

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Characters and stroke order

维 wéi
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes
新 xīn
new, recent, fresh, modern
radical 69 ⽄ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 维新.

WordPinyinMeaning
维护 (維護)wéi hùto defend; to safeguard
维持 (維持)wéi chíto keep; to maintain; to preserve
思维 (思維)sī wéi(line of) thought; thinking
维修 (維修)wéi xiūmaintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain
纤维 (纖維)xiān wéifiber; 种 (zhǒng)
维基 (維基)wéi jīwiki (Internet)
新闻 (新聞)xīn wénnews; 条 (tiáo)
重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-

See also: Japanese symbol for “revitalization”.

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.