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生 life

Also: birth, raw

On'yomi
セイ、ショウ
Kun'yomi
い-きる、う-まれる、なま
Strokes
5
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 1

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): い-きる.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
生 is written in 5 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A young plant pushing up out of the soil line at the bottom — new life, freshly born, still raw and green.

A common word

  • 先生 せんせい teacher

Example sentences

  • わたしは せんきゅうひゃくきゅうじゅうねんに うまれました。

    I was born in 1990.

  • このさかなはなまでたべられます。

    You can eat this fish raw.

Don't confuse it with