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生

生 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “life”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. It appears as a component in 30 other characters in this index.

Keyword
life
Pinyin (Mandarin)
shēng
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
life, living, lifetime, жизнь, living, lifetime
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
生 life

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 生

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