Memory phrase for the Kanji: 生


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Meaning life, to be born, to grow, raw/uncooked

Pronunciation

shēng

Explanation

Accent/emphasis (here: a twig) at a growing plant / [cf. abundant ]

Mnemonic


 
The twig at the growing plant stands for life.

Radicals

life
growing plantShows a growing plant with three 三 branches. When a leaf is added, it becomes life .
bent strokeemphasis, accent
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 Vocabulary

 初生之犊不怕虎  chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ  A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom). The fearlessness of youth.
 生米煮成熟饭  shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn  the rice is cooked; what's done is done; it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
 衍生物  yǎn shēng wù  a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
 生姜  shēng jiāng  fresh ginger
 生殖腺  shēng zhí xiàn  reproductive gland; gonad; sex organ
 陌生人  mò shēng rén  a stranger
 陌生  mò shēng  strange; unfamiliar
 诞生  dàn shēng  to be born
 诞生  dàn shēng  
 滋生  zī shēng  to breed; to flourish; to cause; to provoke; to create
 丛生  cóng shēng  growing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
 丛生  cóng shēng  

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