Noun
life; existence
生命はいつ誕生したのですか。When did life come into being? Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
(one's) working life; career
see 役者生命
Noun
life force; lifeblood; soul; essence
occ. read いのち
Characters in this word
2生
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
- 生 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)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 0a5.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2510.0 | Four corner code |
| 2472 | deroo |
| 751f | Unicode hex code |
| 1-32-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2991 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3715 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3497 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4309 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2933 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1555 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1675 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 29 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 214 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 67 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 21670 | Morohashi |
| 42 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 44 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 44 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 34 | sakade |
| 71 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 44 | henshall3 |
| 43 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 9 | crowley |
| 49 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 2.4 | busy_people |
| 1327 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1569 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| sheng1 | Pinyin reading |
| saeng | Korean reading |
| n5 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 3 | WaniKani level |
命
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (33)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 2-2-6, 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2a6.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 8062.7 | Four corner code |
| 2844 | deroo |
| 547d | Unicode hex code |
| 1-44-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 430 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 767 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2058 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2553 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1772 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1400 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 388 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 671 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 387 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3473 | Morohashi |
| 394 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 578 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 587 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 519 | sakade |
| 411 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 416 | henshall3 |
| 316 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 249 | crowley |
| 997 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 325 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1412 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| ming4 | Pinyin reading |
| myeong | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 11 | WaniKani level |