A kanji
生
life, genuine, birth
- 5 strokes
- Taught in grade 1 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 29 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
セイ、ショウ
Kun'yomi
い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、-う
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Stroke order
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Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 生 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 生 54 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 6 words
JLPT N4 · 6 words
JLPT N3 · 18 words
- 人生じんせい(human) life (e.g., conception to death)
- 生なまraw, unprocessed
- 生まれうまれbirth, birth-place
- 生涯しょうがいone's lifetime
- 生き物いきものliving thing, creature
- 生るなるto bear fruit
- 生年月日せいねんがっぴbirth date
- 生地きじfabric; dough
- 芝生しばふlawn
- 生じるしょうじるto occur, to arise, to be generated
- 生長せいちょうgrowth
- 生物せいぶつliving thing, organism
- 生命せいめいlife
- 一生いっしょうthroughout (one's) life
- 誕生たんじょうbirth
- 生えるはえるto grow, to spring up; to cut (teeth)
- 生理せいりphysiology, menses
- 生やすはやすto grow, to cultivate, to wear beard
JLPT N2 · 8 words
JLPT N1 · 16 words
- 新入生しんにゅうせいnew student, first-year student, freshman
- 生き甲斐いきがいsomething one lives for, very important
- 生真面目きまじめserious, sincerity
- 再生さいせいplayback, regeneration, resuscitation
- 生まれつきうまれつきby nature, by birth, native
- 畜生ちくしょうbeast, brute, damn
- 生臭いなまぐさいsmelling of fish or blood, fish or meat
- 生温いなまぬるいlukewarm, halfhearted
- 生身なまみliving flesh, flesh and blood, the quick
- 生かすいかすto keep something alive; to make use of
- 生育せいいくgrowth, development, breeding
- 生計せいけいlivelihood, living
- 生死せいしlife and death
- 発生はっせいoutbreak, spring forth, occurrence
- 出生しゅっしょうbirth
- 野生やせいwild
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 生.
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