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生

Life
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingセイ、ショウ
Kun readingい.きる、う.まれる、なま

Verbs with «生»

生きる生まれる発生する生じる生み出す生む生活する生ける

Meanings

  1. lifeRtK
    彼は忙しい生活の中で家族と会うことがない。He doesn't see his family in his busy life.tatoeba
    一.因果必然の道理を信じ自他のいのちを生かすべしMake the most of your life and others' by believing in the order of retribution.wiki
  2. birth
  3. genuine
  1. uncooked
  2. fresh
  3. natural
  4. as it is

Synonyms

生ビール生意気

Popular Usage

学生生徒先生誕生日留学生生まれる生活生産生きる高校生大学生一生懸命

Radicals and components

Radical生life

Mnemonic (RtK)

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This is Your Life · cell · drop (丶) · grow up

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1675

Compound words

学生がくせい
student (esp. a university student)
生徒せいと
pupil; student; schoolchild
先生せんせい
teacher; instructor; master; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
誕生日たんじょうび
birthday
留学生りゅうがくせい
overseas student; exchange student
生まれるうまれる
to be born
生活せいかつ
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
生産せいさん
production; manufacture
高校生こうこうせい
senior high school student
生きるいきる
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect
大学生だいがくせい
university student; college student
一生懸命いっしょうけんめい
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life
芝生しばふ
lawn; grass
人生じんせい
(one's) life
生地きじ
cloth; fabric; material; texture; dough
生物せいぶつ
living thing; organism; creature; life; biology
生命せいめい
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force
一生いっしょう
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
生き物いきもの
living thing; living creature; animal; life
生じるしょうじる
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise
生まれうまれ
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
写生しゃせい
sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
生存せいぞん
existence; being; life; survival
生長せいちょう
growth (of a plant)
彼は法科の学生だ。がくせい
He is an undergraduate in the law department.tatoeba
彼は並みの大学生より一段上だ。だいがくせい
He is a cut above the average college student.tatoeba
彼は並みの学生ではない。がくせい
He is above the ordinary type of student.tatoeba
彼は物理の先生ですが数学も教えられます。せんせい
He's a teacher of physics, but can also teach math.tatoeba
彼は生の魚を食べない。なま
He doesn't eat raw fish.tatoeba
日本ではしばしば魚を生で食べる。なま
We often eat fish raw in Japan.tatoeba
生地を預ければドレスを仕立ててくれますか。きじ
Will you make me up a dress if I give you the material?tatoeba
彼は法律を生涯の仕事に選んだ。
He made law his life career.tatoeba
彼は法律を一生の職業にしたいと思っていた。
He wanted to follow law as a career.tatoeba
彼は法科の学生だ。
He is an undergraduate in the law department.tatoeba
越後に生まれる。
He was born in Echigo Province.wiki
東京に生まれる。
He was born in Tokyo.wiki
教員2人、生徒8人。
Two teachers and eight students.wiki
昭和期には児童・生徒に暗唱を強いた。
Children and students were forced to recite the Imperial Rescript on Education during the Showa period.wiki
今や生きる望みもない。
I have no hope to live.wiki
まごころに生きる(南こうせつ作詞・作曲)
Magokoro-ni-Ikiru (lyrics and music by Kosetsu MINAMI)wiki
日本人の生活時間
Time for Living of Japanese Peoplewiki
生活デザイン専攻
Lifestyle Design Studieswiki
本庄漁業生産組合
Honjo Fishery Productive Associationwiki
-生産、生業関係
Production and regular vocationwiki
伝承される神霊・精霊や架空の不気味な生き物
The handed down divine spirit, souls of dead people, and fictional spooky creatureswiki
または、本来は存在するはずのない怪異な生き物。
Or, a grotesque creature which shouldn't exist.wiki
生地を作る基礎。
The base for the dough.wiki
出生地は備前国。
He was born in Bizen Province.wiki
一家創立は次の場合に生じる
Creation of a family occurs in following cases.wiki
また、それに伴う乾燥化等も生じる。
At the same time, aridification also often occurs.wiki
生物 オニヤンマ
Creature: Oni-yanma (largest kind of dragonfly in Japan)wiki
応用生物科学専攻
Division of Applied Bioscienceswiki
朝日生命奈良支社
Asahi Life Insurance Nara Branchwiki
大同生命奈良支社
Daido Life Insurance Nara Branchwiki
以後、多くの作品で庶民生活を生き生きと活写し評判になる。
He went on to become popular for his many works vividly portraying the lives of common people.wiki
江戸庶民の暮らしを生き生きと描写した川柳にも褌はよく登場する。
Fundoshi loincloths often appear also in senryu poems depicting the vivid lives of common people in the Edo period.wiki
生け花や、生花業者等が切花などが、長持ちするように施す処理のこと。
This is a treatment for prolonging lives of flowers arranged or cut flowers by florists.wiki
諸法の生ずる時は、体及び余の法は凡て九事有り。
All the universe is substantial and has all the nine factors at its onset.wiki
生存圏診断統御研究系
Research Division of Diagnostics and Control of Humanospherewiki
生存圏開発創成研究系
Research Division of Creative Research and Development of Humanospherewiki
この卵と精子が受精し、生長する。
When the ovum is fertilized by the spermatozoon, a fertilized egg is produced and grows up.wiki
生年月日は2月20日 (旧暦)とも。
It is said that his birthday was on the 20th of February according to the lunar calendar.wiki
産地の特長を生かすよう原料や製法等が制限される。
Raw materials, manufacturing method, etc. are restricted so that features of the area are fully used.wiki
生まれつきの短気で、意見されても直らないという。
He said that he was short-tempered by nature and could not control it even if he was advised.wiki
禅師いわく、然らば短気は生まれつきではござらぬ。
Bankei said, "Then you are not short-tempered by nature."wiki
性格は生真面目で我慢強い。
Lady Akashi has a very serious and patient character.wiki
生真面目で誠実な人物だと伝わっている。
He was said to have been very serious and sincere.wiki

Stroke Order

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Life, be born. A sprout growing out of the ground.

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