生 shēng

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HSK 1 TOCFL Novice 1 常用国字5 strokestop 68 by use on the map →

1to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

2to arise; to occur

3to light (a fire)

4to live; to be alive

5life

6raw; uncooked; unprocessed

7unfamiliar; strange

8student; person engaged in a field

9male role in traditional opera

10life; lifetime

11means of livelihood

12very; intensely (as in 生疼)

13in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)

Etymology

ideographic · A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土

Radical

生 · life, lifetime; birth; growth

Composition

⿻一土

Writing

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Words with 生

学生xuéshēng 生病shēngbìng 生日shēngrì 先生xiānsheng 医生yīshēng 男生nánshēng 女生nǚshēng 生气shēngqì 大学生dàxuéshēng 小学生xiǎoxuéshēng 中学生zhōngxuéshēng 生shēng 出生chūshēng 生活shēnghuó 一生yīshēng 生词shēngcí 考生kǎoshēng 留学生liúxuéshēng

Often confused with

发生 vs 发现

Sounds like: sheng1