Read Edit View history 生 shēng HSK1 life Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a sprout (屮) emerging from the ground (一). Pinyin Separate values with commas shēng ×sheng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a sprout growing. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 生 Simp strokes 生 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Used here to depict the ground. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 生 Simp strokes 生 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 生 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 299, 644 ], [ 334, 603 ], [ 309, 529 ], [ 279, 467 ], [ 247, 420 ], [ 219, 385 ], [ 171, 341 ] ], [ [ 320, 474 ], [ 402, 478 ], [ 502, 492 ], [ 690, 536 ], [ 750, 531 ] ], [ [ 338, 285 ], [ 366, 278 ], [ 417, 279 ], [ 558, 302 ], [ 664, 328 ], [ 703, 325 ] ], [ [ 486, 820 ], [ 518, 796 ], [ 535, 776 ], [ 538, 759 ], [ 518, 115 ], [ 498, 94 ] ], [ [ 141, 39 ], [ 198, 27 ], [ 411, 58 ], [ 811, 95 ], [ 886, 85 ], [ 923, 70 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 324 495 Q 328 502 332 509 Q 357 558 382 599 Q 392 615 375 630 Q 318 663 296 657 Q 283 654 287 638 Q 308 536 204 397 Q 200 396 160 342 Q 153 324 169 330 Q 188 334 213 357 Q 273 409 311 471 L 324 495 Z", "M 556 479 Q 748 518 754 521 Q 764 530 759 539 Q 752 552 721 561 Q 688 568 656 557 Q 607 544 558 529 L 500 516 Q 418 501 324 495 C 294 493 284 484 311 471 L 312 471 Q 351 447 432 459 Q 463 465 499 469 L 556 479 Z", "M 549 276 Q 702 307 710 313 Q 720 322 715 331 Q 708 344 676 353 Q 649 359 551 329 L 495 315 Q 428 303 347 295 Q 308 291 336 271 Q 378 244 484 265 Q 488 266 495 267 L 549 276 Z", "M 543 92 Q 546 186 549 276 L 551 329 Q 552 405 556 479 L 558 529 Q 567 718 580 760 Q 593 782 578 797 Q 538 828 506 838 Q 490 842 473 829 Q 467 820 474 808 Q 507 751 504 688 Q 503 604 500 516 L 499 469 Q 498 394 495 315 L 495 267 Q 492 179 492 86 C 492 56 542 62 543 92 Z", "M 492 86 Q 330 70 144 51 Q 119 48 137 27 Q 173 -9 220 1 Q 520 73 900 54 Q 901 54 904 54 Q 929 53 935 63 Q 942 78 922 95 Q 856 144 785 129 Q 688 113 543 92 L 492 86 Z" ] } 5 strokes 生 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 295, 648 ], [ 337, 601 ], [ 317, 548 ], [ 260, 437 ], [ 163, 335 ] ], [ [ 314, 478 ], [ 756, 536 ] ], [ [ 334, 283 ], [ 424, 279 ], [ 711, 329 ] ], [ [ 474, 825 ], [ 540, 768 ], [ 518, 79 ] ], [ [ 134, 41 ], [ 203, 28 ], [ 801, 93 ], [ 933, 73 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M324,495C336,519 365,572 382,599C388,610 387,622 375,630C338,654 310,661 296,657C287,655 284,649 287,638C301,571 274,489 204,397C202,395 182,372 160,342C152,332 158,327 169,330C181,334 196,342 213,357C252,392 287,429 311,471C320,487 320,487 324,495Z", "M556,479C684,502 750,519 754,521C761,527 762,533 759,539C754,548 741,556 721,561C699,567 677,564 656,557C623,548 591,537 558,529C519,520 519,520 500,516C445,504 386,499 324,495C315,495 303,476 311,471C328,462 374,450 422,457C442,461 480,466 499,469C537,476 537,476 556,479Z", "M549,276C639,292 704,309 710,313C716,319 718,325 715,331C710,340 697,348 676,353C658,358 617,346 551,329C514,320 514,320 495,315C451,304 401,301 347,295C321,293 317,284 336,271C363,253 383,246 454,260C461,262 484,266 495,267C531,273 531,273 549,276Z", "M543,92C545,155 546,216 549,276C550,311 550,311 551,329C552,380 554,430 556,479C557,512 557,512 558,529C563,655 569,733 580,760C586,776 588,788 578,797C552,819 527,832 506,838C495,842 483,839 473,829C467,825 469,817 474,808C496,770 505,730 504,688C502,632 501,575 500,516C499,485 499,485 499,469C497,419 495,368 495,315C495,283 495,283 495,267C495,209 492,148 492,86C492,69 543,75 543,92Z", "M492,86C384,74 268,64 144,51C127,50 124,41 137,27C160,3 188,-6 220,1C420,49 646,54 900,54C903,54 903,54 904,54C920,54 931,57 935,63C940,73 935,85 922,95C878,129 832,138 785,129C720,118 640,104 543,92C509,88 509,88 492,86Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.