生

生 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “life”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1675. It appears as a component in 9 other characters in this index.

Keyword: life
RTK frame: 1675
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セイ, ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese 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
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: this is your life, cell, жизнь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 生 life

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 生

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