Kanji Details:
- 生
- Frequency:29
- Kun: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける, 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
- On: セイ, ショウ
- Meaning: life, genuine, birth
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 生きる いきる to live, to exist 学生 がくせい student (esp. a university student) 生活 せいかつ living, life (one's daily existence), livelihood 生産 せいさん production, manufacture 厚生省 こうせいしょう Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) 新生 しんせい rebirth, new birth, nascent 人生 じんせい (human) life (i.e. conception to death) 生徒 せいと pupil 先生 せんせい teacher, master, doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific 年生 ねんせい pupil in ... year, student in ... year