This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、-う
Romaji: sei, shō, i.kiru, i.kasu, i.keru, u.mareru, uma.reru, u.mare, umare, u.mu, o.u, ha.eru, ha.yasu, ki, nama, nama-, na.ru, na.su, mu.su, -u
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Name Readings

Kana: あさ、いき、いく、いけ、うぶ、うまい、え、おい、ぎゅう、くるみ、ごせ、さ、じょう、すぎ、そ、そう、ちる、なば、にう、にゅう、ふ、み、もう、よい、りゅう
Romaji: asa, iki, iku, ike, ubu, umai, e, oi, gyū, kurumi, gose, sa, jō, sugi, so, sou, chiru, naba, niu, nyū, fu, mi, mou, yoi, ryū
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Meanings

life, genuine, birth

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  100
Frequency:  29
Grade:  1
Skip Pattern:  4-5-2
Korean Reading:  saeng
Chinese Reading:  sheng1
Unicode:  751f
JIS:  4038

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3497
Nelson Index: 2991
New Nelson Index: 3715
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a5.29
Four Corner Index: 2510.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 42
Gakken Index: 29
Japanese Names Index: 214
Daikanwanjiten Index: 21670
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.1027
Remembering the kanji Index: 1555
Busy People Index: 2.4
Kanji Way Index: 9
Kanji Flashcards Index: 71
Kodansha Compact Index: 1327
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 44
Kanji in Context Index: 49
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2179
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2933
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1569
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1675
Essential Kanji Index: 67
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4309
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2472
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 34
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 43

Words

学生 (がくせい)
student (esp. a university student)
再生 (さいせい)
resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.); view (of a video clip); reclamation; recovery; rebirth; reincarnation
厚生 (こうせい)
welfare; public welfare; social welfare; (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
産む (うむ)
to give birth; to deliver; to produce
寄生 (きせい)
parasitism; parasite
出生 (しゅっしょう、しゅっせい)
birth
衛生 (えいせい)
health; hygiene; sanitation; medical
高校生 (こうこうせい)
senior high school student
一生 (いっしょう)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
私生活 (しせいかつ)
one's private life
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