Chinese Character 生 Meanings and components.

Form

生

Meaning

生 meaning[3] in English

To Be Born.

To Give Birth.

Life.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 生 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Niu (牛) , and one (一)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 生

To write生sheng1to be … you should write a combination of 牛niu2surname Niu , 一yi1one

牛 + 一 = 生

生 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 生 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 生, looks as follow:

生
Pinyin:sheng1
Meaning[3]: To Be Born . To Give Birth . Life . To Grow . Raw . Uncooked . Student
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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