Chinese symbol for “resurrection”
更生
gēng shēng
resurrection; rebirth; reinvigorated; rejuvenated
The closest CC-CEDICT match for resurrection is 更生 (gēng shēng), defined as: resurrection; rebirth; reinvigorated; rejuvenated; a new lease of life.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “resurrection”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 更生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 更加 | gèng jiā | more (than sth else); even more |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew |
| 更是 | gèng shì | even more (so) |
| 更为 (更為) | gèng wéi | even more |
| 更换 (更換) | gēng huàn | to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc) |
| 变更 (變更) | biàn gēng | to change; to alter |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
See also: Japanese symbol for “resurrection”.
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.