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Kanji Grade 1 - 生

Kanji character Grade 1 生. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 1 - 生
 
About
life, genuine, birth
Kun: い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 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
5 strokes
Radical: life 生
Parts: 生
 
Onyomi
生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding
回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, regeneration, university student in ... year
公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 sanitation, public health
生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
生家 【セイカ】 house where one was born, one's parents' house
殺生 【セッショウ】 killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
死生 【シセイ】 life and death
 
Kunyomi
生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
生きる力 【いきるちから】 zest for living, energy to live
生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
生ける屍 【いけるしかばね】 living corpse
生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
生う 【おう】 to grow, to spring up, to cut (teeth)
生える 【はえる】 to grow, to spring up, to sprout, to cut (teeth)
生やす 【はやす】 to grow, to cultivate, to wear a beard
生 【き】 pure, undiluted, raw, crude
生地 【きじ】 cloth, fabric, material, texture, dough, batter, inherent quality, one's true character, one's true colours, unglazed pottery, skin with no make-up, uncoated metal
死に生き 【しにいき】 death and life, death or life, death
生 【なま】 raw, uncooked, fresh, natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed, unprotected (sex), live (i.e. not recorded), inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude, impudence, sauciness, unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer, blank (e.g. disk), unused, just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-, insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory, cash, tipsiness
生り 【なまり】 boiled and half-dried bonito
お生 【おなま】 impudence, sauciness
現ナマ 【げんナマ】 cold cash, hard cash
生る 【なる】 to bear fruit
生す 【なす】 to have a child
生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)