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— life, genuine, birth

Strokes
5
Taught in
School year 1
Frequency
#29 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi
  • sei
  • shou
Kun'yomi
  • i.kiru
  • i.kasu
  • i.keru
  • u.mareru
  • uma.reru
  • u.mare
  • umare
  • u.mu
  • o.u
  • ha.eru
  • ha.yasu
  • ki
  • nama
  • nama-
  • na.ru
  • na.su
  • mu.su
  • -u

Example words

  • seikatsu daily life

Words that use 生

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.