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The kanji 生: meaning, readings and stroke order

生

Meaning
live, be born
On reading
セイ sei、ショウ shou
Kun reading
い(きる) ikiru、い(かす) ikasu、い(ける) ikeru、う(まれる) umareru、う(む) umu、お(う) ou、は(える) haeru、は(やす) hayasu、き ki、なま nama
Strokes
5
Radical
生 life
Level
Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Stroke order of 生, 5 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
sống, sinh ra (sinh)
Japanese
いきる。うまれる。
Korean
살다, 태어나다 (생)
Chinese
活着、出生

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading

ショウ shou · on reading

い(きる) ikiru · kun reading

い(かす) ikasu · kun reading

い(ける) ikeru · kun reading · less common

う(まれる) umareru · kun reading

う(む) umu · kun reading

お(う) ou · kun reading · less common

は(える) haeru · kun reading

は(やす) hayasu · kun reading · less common

き ki · kun reading · less common

なま nama · kun reading

Practise writing 生 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 生 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.