noun, takes する

  1. rehabilitation, remaking one's life, starting life anew.
  2. rebirth, regeneration, reorganization, rebuilding, recovery, restoration, remaking.
  3. coming back to life, revival, resuscitation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
更生 こうせい
甦生 こうせい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

grow late, night watch, sit up late
さら コウ ふ.ける (7th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)