字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE甲2402 合1977
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Action & Movement
生
生 birth, to be born, live
うまれる umareru
5 strokesRadical of 2 kanjiPart of 7
Your ink in 生0% painted · 0 of 2 familiar
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound會意
Built from 屮 “bud” + 一 “ground”
Source: Wiktionary, 生 (rev. 92706259), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Life finds a way! Imagine a tiny green sprout pushing through the dark soil to reach the morning sun. This radical is the breath of all living things—representing birth, production, and the vibrant "industry" of nature. When you see it, think of "newness," the act of "creating," and the simple, powerful act of being "alive."”
一覧
Every kanji with 生 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 2 kanji