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The Chinese word sheng - 生 - shēng
(life in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

shēng

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English translations

life, living, to give birth to, to grow, to be born,
uncooked, to produce

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 生 ( shēng ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( sheng / shēng ) with pronunciation (English translation: life )
The traditional Chinese characters of shēng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
The Cycle of Life
Character complexity
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生 is composed of 5 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

a living  |  livelihood
生 ( sheng / shēng ) belongs to the 50 most common Chinese characters (rank 37)
Chinese example words containing the character 生 ( sheng / shēng )
产生 ( chănshēng = to give rise to ), 出生 ( chūshēng = birth ), 发生 ( fāshēng = to occur ), 留学生 ( liúxuéshēng = (foreign) exchange student ), 生病 ( shēngbìng = sick ), 生产 ( shēngchăn = to produce ), 生词 ( shēngcí = new word ), 生存 ( shēngcún = to live ), 生活 ( shēnghuó = life ), 生命 ( shēngmìng = life ), 生气 ( shēngqì = angry ), 生日 ( shēngrì = birthday ), 生日快乐 ( shēngrìkuàilè = happy birthday ), 生物 ( shēngwù = biology ), 生物学 ( shēngwùxué = biology ), 生长 ( shēngzhăng = to grow ), 实习生 ( shíxíshēng = trainee ), 维生素 ( wéishēngsù = vitamin ), 卫生巾 ( wèishēngjīn = sanitary towel ), 卫生间 ( wèishēngjiān = toilet ), 卫生纸 ( wèishēngzhĭ = toilet paper ) 先生 ( xiānsheng = Mister )
Other characters that are pronounced shēng in Chinese
声 (sound) , 牲 (animal sacrifice)
More words that mean life in Chinese
mìng ( 命 ), rìzi ( 日子 ), shēn ( 身 ), shēnghuó ( 生活 ), shēngmìng ( 生命 ), shòu ( 寿 )

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