Zi:生

生 [shēng] 生​产 produce; give birth (生​日 ‘birthday’); 生​活 life; raw/fresh (生​菜 ‘fresh greens’; 生​肉 ‘raw meat’; 生​丝 ‘raw silk’); (radical 100, 生​部); (HDZ:) …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 生(​𤯓) shēng ‘bear/born/innate/grow’ is said to depict a budding ​屮 chè ‘sprout/plant’ growing up/out of the ​土 ‘earth/ground’: the plants grows, and rising up from the dark earth, it advances toward the sunlight.
    Compare: ​之(​𡳿) zhī ‘go out/forth’; ​木 mù ‘tree/wood’, ​朱 zhū ‘pith/red’; ​屯 zhūn (䷂); ​丰(​𡴀) fēng (​豐).
    Compare: ​𡉚(​㞷​𡴍) huáng ‘lush/wild vegetation’; ​狂(​𤝵) kuáng ‘rabid/mad dog’.
    Compare: ​性 xìng, ​姓 xìng, ​牲 shēng, ​甥 shēng.
    Compare: ​青(​𤯝) qīng ‘green/blue’; ​星(​曐​𠻖) xīng ‘star’; ​甡 shēn (as in ​彗).
    Note: 生​日​快​乐! Shēngrìkuàilè! ‘Happy Birthday!’
    生 is the 100th of the 214 radicals.
    HDZ: 生 : shēng : ​长​出, 生​长 (生​芽, 生​根); 生​育; ​出生 (生​辰, 生​肖); ​产生​发生 (生​病, ​合​同生​效); ​造, ​制​造; 生​产 (​财​物)​财​物, 生​计; ​养​育; ​活 (ant. ​死); 生​存, 生​活; (​古) ​君​主​继​承​法, ​父​死​子​继; 生​命; ​有生​命​的​东​西; 生​擒, ​活​捉; ​俘​虏; ​妓​女; ​天生​的, ​固​有​的; ​一生, ​一​辈​子; ​新​鲜​的; ​未​经​烧​煮​或​烧​煮​未​熟​的 (生​菜, 生​饭) (cf. ​胜/​腥); ​未​经​加​工​或​锻​制​的; ​充​沛; 生​疏, ​不​熟​悉 (生​手, ​面生); ​植​物​果​实​未​成​熟​的 (​这​个​西​瓜​是生​的); ​年​长​有​学​问、​有​德​行​的​人, (​简​称) ​先生; (​通​称) ​读​书​人; (​旧) ​弟​子、​门​徒, (​今) ​学生; (​旧) (​戏​曲) ​扮​演​男​子​角​色 (​老生, ​正生); ​向​阳; (​古) ​作​战​队​形“​八​阵​图”​中​的​一​门; (​古) …; 生​硬, ​勉​强 (生​拉​硬​拽, 生​搬​硬​套); ​使​柴、​煤​等​燃​烧 (生​火, 生​炉​子); (​副​词) ​甚, ​很; (​后​缀) ​然, ​樣; ​性: ​本​性; ​甥: ​外​甥; ​牲: ​家​畜; ​眚 (shěng): ​病​害; ​姓: ​姓​氏; (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:187.01,430.16; Wieger:79f; Henshall:42; Karlgren:AD874,GSR812a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2575.1; Lindqvist:183; Mathews:5738; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:754.26; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:016.0.06; Wáng(1993):40; EDOC:1
►components: ​𠂉​土​​龶​王
►Cantonese: saang\ sang\
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Unicode: U+751F
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