生
JLPT HSK 1

shēng
Accent/emphasis ノ (here: a twig) at a growing plant /丰 [cf. abundant 丰]
The twig at the growing plant stands for life.

	星
JLPT HSK 1

xīng
Top: sun 日, bottom: live 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
(Due to their movement in the night sky) Suns that live are the stars.

	姓
JLPT HSK 2

xìng
Left: woman 女, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
The woman lives under her family name.

	性
JLPT HSK 4

xìng
Left: feeling 忄, right: life/birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
Feelings you have at your birth determine your personality.

	胜
JLPT HSK 5

shèng, shēng
Left: body part 月/肉, right: life/birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life)
If the body is full of life, it will succeed.

	牲
JLPT HSK 6

shēng
Left: cow 牛, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life)
A cow has the live of a: domestic animal.

	隆
JLPT HSK 6

lōng, lóng
Left: hill 阝, right: upturned-foot, crossed-legs 夂, one 一, life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
Sitting on a hill with crossed legs and my one life looks: intense & prosperous.

	甥
JLPT no HSK

shēng
Left: life, birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.), right: man, male 男 (In the rice field 田 is the strength 力 male.)
The born man is the: nephew.

	窿
JLPT no HSK

lóng
Top: hole, cavity 穴, below: intense, prosperous 隆 (Sitting on a hill 阝 with upturned 夂 feet, the one 一 life 生 looks intense & prosperous)
A hole, that is intense, is a: cavity.

	笙
JLPT no HSK

shēng
Top: bamboo 竹, below: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for the life.)
Bamboo gets lifely as a mouth organ.