EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 5
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Adverb (fukushi)

    whole life; a lifetime; all through life

    あなたは、一生勉強しなければならない。
    You must study your whole life.
  2. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, one radical (no.1)

Kun
ひと-、ひと.つ
On
イチ、イツ
Strokes
1
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
2 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

かず、い、いっ、いる、かつ、かづ、てん、はじめ、ひ、ひとつ、まこと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-1-4SKIP code
0a1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1000.0Four corner code
3072deroo
4e00Unicode hex code
1-16-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1New Nelson (John Haig)
3341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4148Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1Morohashi
1A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1sakade
1Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1henshall3
1Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1crowley
1Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

life, genuine, birth

Kun
い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、-う
On
セイ、ショウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
29 of 2500
Radical
life
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

あさ、いき、いく、いけ、うぶ、うまい、え、おい、ぎゅう、くるみ、ごせ、さ、じょう、すぎ、そ、そう、ちる、なば、にう、にゅう、ふ、み、もう、よい、りゅう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.29The Kanji Dictionary
2510.0Four corner code
2472deroo
751fUnicode hex code
1-32-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2991Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3715New Nelson (John Haig)
3497New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4309Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2933Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1675Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
214Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
67Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21670Morohashi
42A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34sakade
71Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44henshall3
43Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
9crowley
49Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
1327Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1569Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
saengKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level