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Chinese symbol for “resuscitate”

复苏
fù sū
Traditional: 復甦
to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for resuscitate is 复苏 (fù sū), defined as: to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis.

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

复 fù
again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return
radical 35 ⼢ · 9 strokes
苏 sū
to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
radical 140 ⾋ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 复苏.

WordPinyinMeaning
恢复 (恢復)huī fùto reinstate; to resume
复杂 (複雜)fù zácomplicated; complex
重复 (重複)chóng fùto repeat; to duplicate
修复 (修復)xiū fùto restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
报复 (報復)bào fùto make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
苏丹 (蘇丹)sū dān(loanword) sultan
苏醒 (甦醒)sū xǐngto come to; to awaken
苏打 (蘇打)sū dá(loanword) soda; (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink

See also: Japanese symbol for “resuscitate”.

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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