生
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 生
- Grade
- 1
Kanji
N5life; birth; raw
On reading (音読み)
セイ、ショウ
Kun reading (訓読み)
い（きる）、う（まれる）、なま
How to remember
A sprout rising from the ground: life.
Writing practice
Draw the strokes in order. Each stroke is checked as you lift the pen: shape, direction and position.
Stroke 0 of 5
Draw stroke 1.
Words using 生
23 words
- 誕生日たんじょうびbirthdayN5
- 生活せいかつlife; daily livingN4
- 生徒せいとpupil; studentN4
- 生産せいさんproduction; manufactureN3
- 誕生たんじょうbirth; creationN3
- 生花いけばなflower arrangementN2
- 生命せいめいlife; existenceN2
- 生卵なまたまごraw eggN2
- 再生さいせいplayback; recycling; regenerationN2
- 芝生しばふlawn; turfN2
- 衛生えいせいhygiene; sanitationN2
- 厚生こうせいpublic welfareN1
- 弥生やよいthird lunar month; Yayoi periodN1
- 芽生えるめばえるto sprout; to budN1
- 生い茂るおいしげるto grow thickly; to be overgrownN1
- 生涯しょうがいlifetime; one's whole lifeN1
- 生き甲斐いきがいsomething worth living forN1
- 衆生しゅじょうall living beings (Buddhism)N1
- 摂生せっせいtaking care of one's healthN1
- 塾生じゅくせいcram school studentN1
- 学生寮がくせいりょうstudent dormitoryN1
- 寮生りょうせいboarding student; dorm residentN1
- 生誕せいたんbirth (of a notable person)N1