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生

Kanji meanings and readings

生

N5

life; genuine; birth

On reading
セイ、ショウ
Kun reading
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
Radical
生
Illustration of 一生
N3

いっしょう

whole life; a lifetime; all through life

Illustration of 一生懸命
N4

いっしょうけんめい

with utmost effort

Illustration of 人生
N3

じんせい

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

Illustration of 先生
N5

せんせい

teacher; doctor

Illustration of 再生
N1

さいせい

playback; regeneration; resuscitation; return to life; rebirth; reincarnation; narrow escape; reclamation

Illustration of 写生
N2

しゃせい

sketching; drawing from nature

Illustration of 出生
N1

しゅっしょう

birth

Illustration of 大学生
N4

だいがくせい

university student

Illustration of 学生
N5

がくせい

student

Illustration of 小学生
N2

しょうがくせい

grade school student

Illustration of 年生
N1

ねんせい

pupil in .... year; student in .... year

Illustration of 新入生
N1

しんにゅうせい

freshman; first-year student

Illustration of 生

生

N3

なま

draft (beer); raw; unprocessed

Illustration of 生

生

N1

き

pure; undiluted; raw; crude

Illustration of 生える
N2

はえる

to grow; to spring up; to cut (teeth)

Illustration of 生かす
N1

いかす

to revive; to resuscitate; to make use of

Illustration of 生きる
N4

いきる

to live

Illustration of 生き物
N3

いきもの

living thing; animal

Illustration of 生き生き
N2

いきいき

vividly; lively

Illustration of 生け花
N2

いけばな

flower arrangement

Illustration of 生じる
N3

しょうじる

to produce; to yield; to result from; to arise; to be generated

Illustration of 生ずる
N2

しょうずる

to cause; to arise; to be generated

Illustration of 生まれ
N3

うまれ

birth; birth-place

Illustration of 生まれつき
N1

うまれつき

by nature; by birth; native

Illustration of 生まれる
N5

うまれる

to be born