生
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)
Write it by hand
Watch the stroke order, then trace it and reproduce it from memory.
1 · trace the strokes2 · from memory 🧠
watch, then trace the guide
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Example
她不是學生。
she is not a student
How this character is built
A memory hook from its parts — not a settled history.
會意 · Associative compound