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生

生 – life, genuine, birth

5 strokesTaught in grade 1#29 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 生 means life, genuine, birth. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ、ショウ (sei, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is 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 (ikiru, ikasu, ikeru, umareru, umareru, umare, umare, umu, ou, haeru, hayasu, ki, nama, nama, naru, nasu, musu, u). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 生 (no. 100).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiセイsei
On’yomiショウshou
Kun’yomiい.きるikiru
Kun’yomiい.かすikasu
Kun’yomiい.けるikeru
Kun’yomiう.まれるumareru
Kun’yomiうま.れるumareru
Kun’yomiう.まれumare
Kun’yomiうまれumare
Kun’yomiう.むumu
Kun’yomiお.うou
Kun’yomiは.えるhaeru
Kun’yomiは.やすhayasu
Kun’yomiきki
Kun’yomiなまnama
Kun’yomiなま-nama
Kun’yomiな.るnaru
Kun’yomiな.すnasu
Kun’yomiむ.すmusu
Kun’yomi-うu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 100).

Words using 生

学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)生徒せいとpupil先生せんせいteacher誕生日たんじょうびbirthday留学生りゅうがくせいoverseas student生まれるうまれるto be born生産せいさんproduction生活せいかつlife生きるいきるto live大学生だいがくせいuniversity student高校生こうこうせいsenior high school student一生懸命いっしょうけんめいvery hard生なまraw芝生しばふlawn人生じんせい(one's) life生長せいちょうgrowth (of a plant)生物せいぶつliving thing生命せいめいlife一生いっしょうwhole life生地きじcloth誕生たんじょうbirth (of a person)生るなるto bear fruit生涯しょうがいlife生理せいりphysiology

Example sentences

学生の半数が休んでいた。
Half the students were absent.
Tatoeba #184267
あなたは何と賢い生徒なのでしょう。
What a clever student you are!
Tatoeba #232241
われわれの先生は真の意味で紳士です。
Our teacher is a gentleman in the true sense of the word.
Tatoeba #191715

Kanji with the same radical

産

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.