生

Life

Also: Birth, Genuine, Live, Born, Living, Raw

On'yomi

  • せい sei
  • しょう shou

Kun'yomi

  • い(きる) ikiru
  • う(まれる) umareru
  • うま uma
  • うまれ umare
  • お o
  • は(える) haeru
  • き ki
  • なま nama
  • な na
  • む mu
Stroke count
5
Radical
生 life · Kangxi radical 100
JLPT level
N5
School grade
Grade 1

生 has 5 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 生 (life), number 100. Hashidari places it at JLPT N5. Japanese students learn it in grade 1 of elementary school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N5 kanji list · Grade 1 kanji list · All kanji