# 生 — Life

Frequency rank 9 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 分 (Part), less common than 本 (Book).

- On’yomi: せい、しょう
- Kun’yomi: い、う、は、なま
- Radical: 生 Life (Kangxi 100)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 1
- Strokes: 5

After a hard frost, a green shoot punches through a crack in the pavement.

In words:

- 生まれる うまれる — to be born
- 生徒 せいと — pupil
- 生きる いきる — to live

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