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生 kanji
life, genuine, birth
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
セイショウ
Kun readings
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
Words with 生
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —長生longevity; eternal life; cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
- —初生firstborn; first-produced; newborn
- —陸生terrestrial (life); land-dwelling
- —生々lively; vivid; vigorous; fresh; being born and raised; growing up
- —生肉raw meat; fresh meat
- —生色healthy complexion
- —生面new field
- —生動vitality
- —生蕃unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
- —老生elderly person; I; me
- —生乳raw milk
- —生者living person; the living
- —蒼生the masses; people
- —浮生transient life
- —創生creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
- —園生garden (esp. with trees); park
- —妓生kisaeng (Korean female entertainer)
- —生技production engineering
- —生産live birth
- —生管production control; PC