Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

1024 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: タン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

生日(たんじょうび)   birthday

(せいたん)   birth, nativity

(こうたん)   birth, nativity

生する(たんじょうする)   be born

Onyomi Examples

タンジョウ birth, creation, formation

生日 タンジョウビ birthday

セイタン birth, nativity

サイタン resurrection (of a company or school, etc.)