Ideogrammic compound:
生 (날 생, “life, to be born”) — indicates rebirth or life.
更 (고칠 경, “to change, to renew”) — indicates renewal or transformation.
Together, the character depicts “life renewed,” i.e. revival or awakening.

甦生 (소생) — revival, coming back to life
死而甦 (사이소) — to revive after death
甦醒 (소성) — to regain consciousness, to wake up

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

to offer, present, dedicate, to sacrifice, to devote

king, ruler, sovereign

to divide, to distribute

to appear, to show, to reveal, present, current, now

ball, sphere, globe

to manage, to govern, to regulate

ring, circle, loop, necklace, bracelet, surrounding, encircling

to give birth, to produce, manufacture

to revive, to awaken, to come back to life

to arise from, cause

man, male

boundary

picture, painting, to draw, to mark, to plan

different, unusual

proper, fitting

to dredge, clear, open up, to state, explain

disease, rapid

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甦

Etymology

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