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Chinese symbol for “reinvigorated”

更生
gēng shēng
resurrection; rebirth; reinvigorated; rejuvenated

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reinvigorated is 更生 (gēng shēng), defined as: resurrection; rebirth; reinvigorated; rejuvenated; a new lease of life.

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

更 gēng
more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
radical 73 ⽈ · 7 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 更生.

WordPinyinMeaning
更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
更新gēng xīnto replace the old with new; to renew
更是gèng shìeven more (so)
更为 (更為)gèng wéieven more
更换 (更換)gēng huànto replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
变更 (變更)biàn gēngto change; to alter
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life

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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