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生

life
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingセイ、ショウ
Kun reading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
JōyōGrade 1

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)

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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