Moto 生: Life; Genuine; BirthKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セイ、ショウ
- Kun'yomi
- 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
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 1,810 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セイ・ショウ)
- 学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)
- 生活せいかつliving; life (one's daily existence)
- 生産せいさんproduction; manufacture
- 人生じんせい(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
- 先生せんせいteacher; instructor
- 厚生省こうせいしょうMinistry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
- 年生ねんせいpupil in ... year; student in ... year
- 新生しんせいrebirth; new birth
- 生徒せいとpupil; student
- 中学生ちゅうがくせいjunior high school student; middle school pupil
- 生命せいめいlife; existence
- 発生はっせいoutbreak; spring forth
- 誕生たんじょうbirth; creation
- 高校生こうこうせいsenior high school student
- 再生さいせいresuscitation; regeneration
- 小学生しょうがくせいelementary school student; primary school student
- 生物せいぶつliving thing; organism
- 生涯しょうがいlife; lifetime
- 留学生りゅうがくせいoverseas student; exchange student
- 一生いっしょうwhole life; a lifetime
- 一生懸命いっしょうけんめいvery hard; with utmost effort
- 出生しゅっしょうbirth
- 衛生えいせいhygiene; sanitation
- 野生やせいwild; growing wild
- 一年生いちねんせいannual (plant)
- 生存せいぞんexistence; being
- 生息せいそくinhabiting; living
- 厚生こうせいwelfare; public welfare
- 厚生年金こうせいねんきんwelfare pension
- 国民総生産こくみんそうせいさんgross national product; GNP
- 生協せいきょうcooperative association; co-op store
- 生命保険せいめいほけんlife insurance
- 生産性せいさんせいproductivity
- 同級生どうきゅうせいclassmate
- 生体せいたいorganism; living body
- 生態系せいたいけいecosystem
- 食生活しょくせいかつeating habits
- 生保せいほlife insurance
- 生前せいぜんwhile alive; during one's lifetime
- 共生きょうせいcoexistence; living together
- 民生みんせいpublic welfare; the people's livelihood
- 生後せいごpost-natal; since birth
- 生態せいたいmode of life; ecology
- 生物学せいぶつがくbiology
- 抗生物質こうせいぶっしつantibiotic; antibiotics
- 生誕せいたんbirth; nativity
- 微生物びせいぶつmicrobe; germ
- 生息地せいそくちhabitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
- 半生はんせいhalf a lifetime
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 生きるいきるto live; to exist
- 生るなるto bear fruit
- 生き残りいきのこりsurvival
- 生き生きいきいきin a lively way; vividly
- 生みうみbirth; giving birth
- 生かすいかすto make (the best) use of; to put to good use
- 生地きじcloth; fabric
- 生きいきliving; being alive
- 生き物いきものliving thing; living creature
Other readings
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