Chinese symbol for “revive”
复兴
fù xīng
Traditional: 復興
to revive; to rejuvenate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for revive is 复兴 (fù xīng), defined as: to revive; to rejuvenate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “revive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 振兴 (振興) | zhèn xīng | to revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize |
| 复活 (復活) | fù huó | to revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life |
| 苏 (甦) | sū | variant of 苏 (sū); to revive |
| 苏 (蘇) | sū | Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name |
| 缓 (緩) | huǎn | slow; unhurried |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 复兴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恢复 (恢復) | huī fù | to reinstate; to resume |
| 复杂 (複雜) | fù zá | complicated; complex |
| 重复 (重複) | chóng fù | to repeat; to duplicate |
| 修复 (修復) | xiū fù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 报复 (報復) | bào fù | to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation |
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 兴奋 (興奮) | xīng fèn | excited; excitement |
See also: Japanese symbol for “revive”.
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.