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Chinese symbol for “revitalize”

重振
chóng zhèn
to revitalize; to restore (prestige, prosperity etc); revival; recovery

The closest CC-CEDICT match for revitalize is 重振 (chóng zhèn), defined as: to revitalize; to restore (prestige, prosperity etc); revival; recovery.

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Characters and stroke order

重 chóng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes
振 zhèn
to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “revitalize”

WordPinyinMeaning
盘活 (盤活)pán huóto revitalize (assets, resources etc)
振兴 (振興)zhèn xīngto revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
搞活gǎo huóto enliven; to invigorate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 重振.

WordPinyinMeaning
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical
重点 (重點)chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
振兴 (振興)zhèn xīngto revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
振动 (振動)zhèn dòngto vibrate; to shake
振奋 (振奮)zhèn fènto stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits

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.