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Kanji Information Sheet for 生 ( PDF version )
English: life genuine birth | On-Yomi: セイ ショウ | Kun-Yomi: い.きる い.かす い.ける 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 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 |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 生 (うまれる) – life
Henshall Mnemonic: growing plant is a symbol of life
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #29 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #29 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 留学生 [りゅうがくせい]
(n) overseas student [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生徒 [せいと]
(n) pupil [K] [D] [Jisho] - 先生 [せんせい]
(n) teacher; master; doctor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生まれる [うまれる]
(v1) to be born [K] [D] [Jisho] - 学生 [がくせい]
(n) student [K] [D] [Jisho] - 誕生日 [たんじょうび]
(n) birthday [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
- 生きる [いきる]
(v1) to live; to exist [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大学生 [だいがくせい]
(n) college student [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一生懸命 [いっしょうけんめい]
(adj-na,n-adv,n) very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might [K] [D] [Jisho] - 高校生 [こうこうせい]
(n) senior high school student [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生活 [せいかつ]
(n,vs) living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生産 [せいさん]
(n,vs) production; manufacture [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 生憎 [あいにく]
(adj-na,adv,n) (uk) unfortunately; Sorry, but .. [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生 [なま]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) draft (beer); (2) raw; unprocessed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生地 [きじ]
(n) (1) cloth; material; texture; (2) ones true character; (3) unglazed pottery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生物 [せいぶつ]
(n) living things; creature [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生き物 [いきもの]
(n) living thing; animal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一生 [いっしょう]
(n-adv,n-t) whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生命 [せいめい]
(n) life; existence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生じる [しょうじる]
(v1) to produce; to yield; to result from; to arise; to be generated [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生まれ [うまれ]
(n) birth; birth-place [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生む [うむ]
(v5m) to give birth; to deliver; to produce [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生涯 [しょうがい]
(n-adv,n-t) one's lifetime (i.e., one's existence until death) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 芝生 [しばふ]
(n) lawn [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人生 [じんせい]
(n) (human) life (i.e. conception to death) [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 生鮮 [せいせん]
(adj-na,n) fresh [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生前 [せいぜん]
(n-adv,n-t) while alive; during one's lifetime [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生息 [せいそく]
(n,vs) inhabiting; living [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生息地 [せいそくち]
(n) habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 厚生 [こうせい]
(n) public welfare; Welfare Ministry [K] [D] [Jisho] - 厚生省 [こうせいしょう]
Ministry of Health and Welfare [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生体 [せいたい]
(n) organism; living body [K] [D] [Jisho] - 厚生年金 [こうせいねんきん]
welfare pension [K] [D] [Jisho] - 塾生 [じゅくせい]
(n) private-school student [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生々しい [なまなましい]
(adj) lively; green; fresh; raw [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生態 [せいたい]
(n) mode of life; ecology [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生態学 [せいたいがく]
(n) ecology [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生態系 [せいたいけい]
(n) ecosystem [K] [D] [Jisho] - 食生活 [しょくせいかつ]
(n) eating habits [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生い立ち [おいたち]
(n) upbringing; personal history [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生誕 [せいたん]
(n) birth; nativity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生え抜き [はえぬき]
(adj-no,n) native-born; trueborn [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一年生 [いちねんせい]
(n) (1) annual (plant); (2) first-year university or high-school student (esp. US); freshman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生中継 [なまちゅうけい]
(n) (on TV) "live" broadcast [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生き [いき]
(n) freshness; stet [K] [D] [Jisho] - 福利厚生 [ふくりこうせい]
welfare program [K] [D] [Jisho] - 芽生え [めばえ]
(n) bud; sprout [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生き残り [いきのこり]
(n) survivor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生き残る [いきのこる]
(v5r) to survive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公衆衛生 [こうしゅうえいせい]
sanitation; public health [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.