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Han character
生 (radical 100, 生+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹手一 (HQM), four-corner 25100, composition ⿻𠂉土)
- Kangxi radical #100, ⽣.
Derived characters
- Index:Chinese radical/生
References
- KangXi: page 754, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21670
- Dae Jaweon: page 1162, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2575, character 1
- Unihan data for U+751F
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 猜 | *sʰlɯː |
| 輤 | *sʰleːns |
| 綪 | *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ |
| 倩 | *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs |
| 棈 | *sʰleːns |
| 蒨 | *sʰeːns |
| 篟 | *sʰeːns |
| 生 | *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs |
| 牲 | *sreŋ |
| 笙 | *sreŋ |
| 甥 | *sreŋ |
| 鉎 | *sreŋ, *sleːŋ |
| 珄 | *sreŋ |
| 鼪 | *sreŋ, *sreŋs |
| 猩 | *sreŋ, *seːŋ |
| 狌 | *sreŋ |
| 眚 | *sreŋʔ |
| 貹 | *sreŋs |
| 崝 | *zreːŋ |
| 精 | *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs |
| 菁 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 鶄 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 蜻 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 鼱 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 婧 | *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ |
| 睛 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ |
| 箐 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 聙 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 旌 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 清 | *sʰleŋ |
| 圊 | *sʰleŋ |
| 請 | *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 凊 | *sʰleŋs |
| 䝼 | *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
| 靚 | *zleŋs |
| 情 | *zleŋ |
| 晴 | *zleŋ |
| 夝 | *zleŋ |
| 靜 | *zleŋʔ |
| 靖 | *zleŋʔ |
| 睲 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 惺 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋ |
| 性 | *sleŋs |
| 姓 | *sleŋs |
| 靗 | *l̥ʰeŋs |
| 鯖 | *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
| 青 | *sʰleːŋ |
| 靘 | *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs |
| 掅 | *sʰleːŋs |
| 胜 | *sleːŋ |
| 曐 | *sleːŋ |
| 星 | *sleːŋ |
| 鮏 | *sleːŋ |
| 腥 | *seːŋ, *seːŋs |
| 鯹 | *seːŋ |
| 醒 | *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs |
| 篂 | *seːŋ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 屮 (“bud”) + 一 (“ground”) – sprouting from the ground.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (“to live; to be alive; to give birth; raw; green”). Cognate with Burmese ရှင် (hrang, “to live; alive”), Mizo hring (“to bear; to bring forth; to give birth to; green”).
Schuessler (2007) proposes that Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sriŋ is derived from the root *sri (“to exist”) (whence possibly Chinese 體 (OC *r̥ʰiːʔ, “body; shape; form”)) + *-ŋ (“terminative suffix”).
Both level tone and falling tone readings are found in Middle Chinese, but the latter has since been lost and is merged into the level-tone reading in modern dialects.
Related to 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ, “blue-green”), 蒼 (OC *sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ, “dark blue; deep green”).
Derivatives: 性 (OC *sleŋs, “nature; character; personality; quality”), 姓 (OC *sleŋs, “family name”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
生
- to live; to subsist; to exist
- to grow; to develop; to bud
- (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear
- to be born; to come into existence
- offspring; descendant
- pupil; disciple; student
- (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar
- (opera) actor or male character
- Short for 先生 (xiānshēng, “gentleman”).
- (Cantonese) Short for 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”).
- life; existence; being; living
- fresh; not stale
- raw; uncooked
- uncultured; uncultivated
- strange; unfamiliar
- mechanically; forcedly
- † very; quite; extremely
- vivid; strong; forceful
- innate; natural; born with
- † Original form of 性 (xìng, “intelligence; natural endowment”).
- living things; organism
- livelihood; subsistence
- lifetime; all one's life
- birthday; anniversary
- to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue
- to generate; to breed; to create
- to manufacture; to produce
- to happen; to occur; to take place
- (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated
- (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle
- to light; to ignite (a fire)
Compounds
Derived terms from 生
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Kanji
生
Readings
- Goon: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kan’on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
- Tōon: さん (san)
- Kun: いきる (ikiru, 生きる, Jōyō); いかす (ikasu, 生かす, Jōyō); いける (ikeru, 生ける, Jōyō); うむ (umu, 生む, Jōyō); うまれる (umareru, 生まれる, Jōyō); うまれる (umareru, 生れる); うまれ (umare, 生れ); おう (ou, 生う, Jōyō); はえる (haeru, 生える, Jōyō); はやす (hayasu, 生やす, Jōyō); き (ki, 生, Jōyō); なま (nama, 生, Jōyō); なる (naru, 生る); なす (nasu, 生す); むす (musu, 生す)
- Nanori: あさ (asa); い (i); いき (iki); いく (iku); いけ (ike); うぶ (ubu); うまい (umai); え (e); おい (oi); ぎゅう (gyū); くるみ (kurumi); ごせ (gose); さ (sa); じょ (jo); すぎ (sugi); そ (so); そう (sō); ちる (chiru); なば (naba); にう (niu); にゅう (nyū); ふ (fu); み (mi); もう (mō); よい (yoi); りゅう (ryū)
Compounds
Compounds
- 生憎 (ainiku): unfortunately
- 生身 (ikimi)
- 生物 (ikimono): living being
- 生花 (ikebana)
- 生贄 (ikenie): an animal sacrifice or religious offering (living or dead); an animal so sacrificed or offered
- 学生 (gakusei): student
- 桐生 (kiryū): (Japanese surname)
- 生育 (seiiku)
- 生花 (seika)
- 生家 (seika)
- 生活 (seikatsu)
- 生還 (seikan)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 生 |
| なま Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Numerous derivatives already in use in the Heian period.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
Prefix
生 (hiragana なま, rōmaji nama-)
Etymology 2
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| 生 |
| せい Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 生 (MC ʃˠæŋ, ʃˠæŋH, “alive; fresh; raw; unprocessed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Suffix
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
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| 生 |
| き Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
Likely a contraction from 生き (iki, “life, living; freshness”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Prefix
- unrefined
- 生糸
- kiito
- raw silk
- 生糸
- pure, undefiled, unadulterated
- 生娘
- kimusume
- innocent young girl
- 生娘
See also
- Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/生
References
Korean
Hanja
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
生 (sinh, sanh, siêng, xênh, xinh)
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Compounds
- 生素 (sinh tố)
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