• 34th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.35% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 742 words
  • Component in 25 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)to be born • to give birth • life • to grow • raw, uncooked

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shēng' (sheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

人生 
先生 
女生 
学生 (學生)
生命 
生日 
生活 
发生 (發生)

Uncommon

一生 
一生一世 
三生有幸 
今生 
来生 (來生)
再生 
出生 
大学生 (大學生)
天生 
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
小学生 (小學生)
新生 
民生 
活生生 
生动 (生動)
生化 
生子 
生存 
生怕 
生意 
生态 (生態)
生成 
生机 (生機)
生死 
生气 (生氣)
生涯 
生物 
生物钟 (生物鐘)
生理 
生产 (生產)
生病 
生肖 
生育 
生菜 
生姜 (生薑)
生长 (生長)
产生 (產生)
男生 
留学生 (留學生)
畜生 
毕业生 (畢業生)
众生 (眾生)
研究生 
终生 (終生)
维生素 (維生素)
考生 
花生 
卫生 (衛生)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
卫生间 (衛生間)
亲生 (親生)
计生 (計生)
诞生 (誕生)
逃生 
医生 (醫生)
重生 
野生 
陌生 
陌生人 
养生 (養生)
高中生 

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  • 101st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 393 words
  • Component in 664 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ri4)sun • day • date, day of the month • abbr. for 日本 Japan

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ri4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ri4)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:
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Example Words

Common

今日 
日子 
日本 
生日 

Uncommon

假日 
即日 
向日葵 
夏日 
工作日 
平日 
往日 
成日 
日光 
日出 
日前 
日报 (日報)
日夜 
日常 
日式 
日后 (日後)
日文 
日日 
日历 (日曆)
日月 
日期 
日本人 
日渐 (日漸)
日照 
日益 
日程 
日落 
日记 (日記)
日志 (日誌)
日语 (日語)
早日 
明日 
昔日 
星期日 
昨日 
末日 
次日 
烈日 
当日 (當日)
白日梦 (白日夢)
节日 (節日)
纪念日 (紀念日)
近日 
周日 (週日)
金正日 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.