shēng

life

How it’s built

Pictograph of a sprout emerging from the ground.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 生 as a component, most common first.

性xìngsex 青qīngnature's color 星xīngstar 胜shèngvictory 姓xìngname 牲shēngsacrificial animal 甥shēngniece 笙shēngfree reed mouth organ 產chǎnto give birth

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