Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: life, genuine, birth
Kunyomi: 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
Onyomi: セイ ショウ
Radical: 生
Reading: うまれる
Meaning: life
Strokes: 5
学生(がくせい) student
先生(せんせい) teacher, master, doctor
一生(いっしょう) one's whole life
誕生日(たんじょうび) birthday
生きる(いきる) live
生まれる(うまれる) be born
生い立ち(おいたち) upbringing, background
生える(はえる) grow [v.i.]
生やす(はやす) grow [v.t.]
生卵(なまたまご) raw egg
生地(きじ) cloth
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, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
公衆衛生 (コウシュウエイセイ) public health, public hygiene, sanitation
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
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.)
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: life, genuine, birth
Kunyomi: 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
Onyomi: セイ ショウ
Radical: 生
Reading: うまれる
Meaning: life
Strokes: 5
学生(がくせい) student
先生(せんせい) teacher, master, doctor
一生(いっしょう) one's whole life
誕生日(たんじょうび) birthday
生きる(いきる) live
生まれる(うまれる) be born
生い立ち(おいたち) upbringing, background
生える(はえる) grow [v.i.]
生やす(はやす) grow [v.t.]
生卵(なまたまご) raw egg
生地(きじ) cloth
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, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
公衆衛生 (コウシュウエイセイ) public health, public hygiene, sanitation
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
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.)