生

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

life

HSK 2 N4

Human →Relations

shēng

セイ、ショウ

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

생

Pictograph of a sprout (屮) emerging from the ground (一).

Components

屮 sprout+ 一 one =

生 life

屮 Iconic component

chè sprout

Depicts a sprout growing.

一 Iconic component

yī one

Used here to depict the ground.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

生

Regular

Modern

Chinese

生 [shēng]

to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student

Japanese

生せい、しょう同音

noun life; living
nounn-suf malehumble I; me; myself
n-suf abbrev. student

生なま同音

adj-no

raw; uncooked; fresh
natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
colloquial unprotected (sex); raw; bareback
live (i.e. not recorded)
inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
blank (e.g. disk); unused

noun

abbrev. impudence; sauciness
abbrev. unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
archaic cash
abbrev. tipsiness

prefix

just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi- (before an adjective)
insufficient; incomplete; half-baked; half-hearted; perfunctory

生いく同音

prefix archaic vital; virile; lively

生ふ同音

nounn-suf area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)

生き同音

nounprefix pure; undiluted; raw; crude

Korean

생 [生]

Noun

living; Living, or aliveness.

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (4)

死は生の正反対である。

Death is the antithesis of life.

アメリカ人にはよくあることだが彼はなまの魚を好かない。

As is often the case with Americans, he does not care for raw fish.

ゴムをすると確かに性感が落ちるので、出来れば生でしたいです。

The sensitivity certainly drops if I use a condom, so if possible I'd like to do it bareback.

ある批評家が、バレーを描いた私の絵を見たら、生のバレー公演を見に行く必要がないと言ったことがあります。

A critic once said that if you saw my ballet paintings, you didn't have to go to a live performance.

Japanese Names

生あり

Ari female given name

生いく

Iku female given name

生いくさき

Ikusaki surname

生いくる

Ikuru female given name

生いずる

Izuru female given name

生いぶき

Ibuki female given name

生うぶ

Ubu female given name

生うぶみ

Ubumi female given name

生さきぶ

Sakibu surname

生すすむ

Susumu given name

生せい

Sei female given namesurname

生なる

Naru female given name

生はゆ

Hayu female given name

生はゆる

Hayuru female given name

生やどる

Yadoru given name

生やなお

Yanao surname

CHINESE WORDS (200)

生产 [shēngchǎn] #4,088

to produce

生产 [shēngchǎn] #4,088

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

student (esp. a university student)

⭐ 生き物 [いきもの] #2,185

living thing

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KOREAN WORDS (164)

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