生 — kanji meaning “life”
生
life, genuine, birth
- Meanings
- life, genuine, birth
- On'yomi
- セイ (sei)、ショウ (shou)
- 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
- Name readings
- あさ、いき、いく、いけ、うぶ、うまい
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #29 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 100
- Chinese reading
- shēng — Chinese character page
Words with 生
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 先生 | せんせい sensei | teacher; instructor; master |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth (of a person); nativity |
| 生産 | せいさん seisan | production; manufacture |
| 生徒 | せいと seito | pupil; student; schoolchild |
| 再生 | さいせい saisei | restoration to life; coming to life again; resuscitation |
| 生命 | せいめい seimei | life; existence |
| 小学生 | しょうがくせい shougakusei | elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student |
| 生きる | いきる ikiru | to live; to exist |
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