— life, genuine, birth

  • JLPT N5
  • 5 strokes
  • Grade 1
  • Radical 生
  • #29 most frequent

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Readings

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.やすなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う

Example words

  • 出生しゅっせいbirth
  • 学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)
  • 生活せいかつliving; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
  • 生産せいさんproduction; manufacture
  • 人生じんせい(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
  • 生徒せいとpupil
  • 先生せんせい(1) teacher; master; doctor (2) with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific
  • 高校生こうこうせいsenior high school student