生
commonlife; genuine; birth
Radical: 生 (life). Strokes: 5画. . Hangul: 생 [saeng]. Nanori: あさ / いき / いく / いけ / うぶ / うまい / え / おい / ぎゅう / くるみ / ごせ / さ / じょう / すぎ / そ / そう / ちる / なば / にう / にゅう / ふ / み / もう / よい / りゅうasa / iki / iku / ike / ubu / umai / e / oi / gyū / kurumi / gose / sa / jō / sugi / so / sō / chiru / naba / niu / nyū / fu / mi / mō / yoi / ryū.
Jōyō Kanji 1st Grade. JLPT N5.
Example compounds:
| セイSEI | 生殖器【せいしょくきseishokuki】genital organ; genitalia; sexual organ; reproductive organ 私生児【しせいじshiseiji】illegitimate child; bastard; love child 生活難【せいかつなんseikatsunan】difficulties in living |
| ショウSHŌ | 生者【しょうじゃshōja】animate nature; living person 後生大事【ごしょうだいじgoshōdaiji】with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of 殺生【せっしょうsesshō】killing; barbarous |
| いきるikiru | 生きる【いきるikiru】to live; to make a living; to be in effect; to come to life; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.) 今を生きる【いまをいきるimawoikiru】to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day |
| いかすikasu | 生かす【いかすikasu】to make (the best) use of; to let live; to revive 死者を生かす【ししゃをいかすshishawoikasu】to revive the dead |
| いけるikeru | 生ける【いけるikeru】to arrange (flowers); living 生ける屍【いけるしかばねikerushikabane】living corpse 生きとし生けるもの【いきとしいけるものikitoshiikerumono】all living things; all God's creatures, great and small |
| うまれるumareru | 生まれる【うまれるumareru】to be born 貧乏に生まれる【びんぼうにうまれるbinbōniumareru】to be born poor; to be born into poverty |
| うまれるumareru | 生れる【うまれるumareru】to be born |
| うまれumare | 生まれつき【うまれつきumaretsuki】by nature; by birth; native 生まれ育つ【うまれそだつumaresodatsu】to be born and raised (in one particular place) |
| うまれumare | 生れ育つ【うまれそだつumaresodatsu】to be born and raised (in one particular place) |
| うむumu | 生む【うむumu】to give birth; to deliver; to produce 鳶が鷹を生む【とんびがたかをうむtonbigatakawōmu】Even plain parents can produce a genius child; A great person may be born of perfectly ordinary parents 金が子を生む【かねがこをうむkanegakowōmu】Money begets money |
| おうou | 生う【おうō】to grow; to cut (teeth) |
| はえるhaeru | 生える【はえるhaeru】to grow; to cut (teeth) カビが生える【カビがはえるkabigahaeru】to get moldy; to get out-of-fashion |
| はやすhayasu | 生やす【はやすhayasu】to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard ひげを生やす【ひげをはやすhigewohayasu】to grow a beard |
| なまnama | 生易しい【なまやさしいnamayasashii】simple; easy 生水【なまみずnamamizu】unboiled water 生番組【なまばんぐみnamabangumi】live program; live programme |
| なるnaru | 生る【なるnaru】to bear fruit 鈴生りに生る【すずなりになるsuzunarininaru】to grow in clusters |
| なすnasu | 生す【なすnasu】to build up; to form; to accomplish; to change into; to do; to intend to; to have a child |
| むすmusu | 苔生す【こけむすkokemusu】to become covered in moss; to be moss-covered; to have moss growing on itself; to become aged (e.g. building, stone) 草生す【くさむすkusamusu】to be covered in grass; to be grassy; to be verdant 生す【むすmusu】to grow (of moss, etc.) |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 751f | – | Unicode |
| 32-24 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 4-5-2 | – | SKIP |
| 0a5.29 | – | TKD |
| 2510.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 2472 | – | De Roo |
| 2991 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 3715 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 3497 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 2179 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1555 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 29 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 214 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 67 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 21670 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 7 p. 1027 |
| 42 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 44 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 34 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 71 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 44 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 43 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 9 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 49 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.4 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 1327 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1569 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |