The Chinese Radical: 生




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Meaning
life    生

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
life, to be born, to grow, raw/uncooked
shēng
Accent/emphasis ノ (here: a twig) at a growing plant /丰 [cf. abundant 丰]
The twig at the growing plant stands for life.  
HSK 1
star, planet
xīng
Top: sun 日, bottom: live 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
(Due to their movement in the night sky) Suns that live are the stars.  
HSK 2
family name, surname
xìng
Left: woman 女, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
The woman lives under her family name.  
HSK 4
personality, nature, character, sexuality, gender
xìng
Left: feeling 忄, right: life/birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
Feelings you have at your birth determine your personality.  
HSK 5
victory, success, to beat, to defeat, to surpass
shèng, shēng
Left: body part 月/肉, right: life/birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life)
If the body is full of life, it will succeed.  
HSK 6
domestic animal, pet
shēng
Left: cow 牛, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life)
A cow has the live of a: domestic animal.  
HSK 6
intense, prosperous, to swell, to bulge
lōng, lóng
Left: hill 阝, right: upturned-foot, crossed-legs 夂, one 一, life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
Sitting on a hill with crossed legs and my one life looks: intense & prosperous.  
no HSK
nephew
shēng
Left: life, birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.), right: man, male 男 (In the rice field 田 is the strength 力 male.)
The born man is the: nephew.  
窿
no HSK
cavity, hole
lóng
Top: hole, cavity 穴, below: intense, prosperous 隆 (Sitting on a hill 阝 with upturned 夂 feet, the one 一 life 生 looks intense & prosperous)
A hole, that is intense, is a: cavity.  
no HSK
reed mouth organ with various flutes
shēng
Top: bamboo 竹, below: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for the life.)
Bamboo gets lifely as a mouth organ.  

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