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:) …

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):

►saang1 ​生 S.V. 【See also 生勾勾 saang1 ngau1 ngau1】 to be alive, living ‖ zek3 saan1 zyu1 zung6 saang1, bou2 do1 jat1 coeng1 aa1 隻山豬仲生,補多一槍吖! The wild boar is still alive, so shoot it one more time! ◆V. 【See also 生BB saang1 bi4 bi1, 生個BB仔 saang1 go3 bi4 bi1 zai2, 生熱痱 saang1 jit6 fai2, 生銹 saang1 sau3】 to come into being, give birth (to a baby); to form; to develop (a condition) ‖ uk1 sei3 zau1 saang1 mun5 saai3 je5 cou2 屋四周生滿晒野草 Weeds have grown up everywhere all around the house ◆B.F., A.T. 〈variant:〉 s.f.f. 先生 sin1 saang1 'Mr.'; follows man's surname; coll. 【See also 蛇 soe4, SIR soe4, 太 taai3/2】 Mr. ‖ wong4 saang1, ting1 jat6 nei5 dak1 m4 dak1 haan4 aa3 王生,聽日你得唔得閒啊? Mr. Wong, are you free tomorrow? ‖ can4 saang1 m4 hai2 dou6 陳生唔喺度 Mr. Chan is not here
►sang1 ​生 b.f./char. ►coeng4 sang1 baan2 長生板 ►coeng4 sang1 dim3 長生店 ►faa1 sang1 jau5/2 花生友 ►faa1 sang1 juk6 花生肉

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

►²shēng ​生 {B} v. ①give birth to; bear ‖ Nǐ tàitai nǎ tiān ∼? 你太太哪天∼? When is the baby due? ②grow ③get; have; cause to happen ④make (a fire) ⑤exist; live ⑥be born ◆s.v. ①living; alive ②unripe; green ③raw; uncooked ④unprocessed; crude ⑤unfamiliar; strange ⑥stiff; mechanical ◆adv. very; keenly ◆b.f. ①existence; life ►shēnghuó 生活 ②livelihood ►móushēng 谋生 ③pupil; student; scholar ►xuésheng 学生 ④〈environment:〉 thea. male character ►lǎoshēng 老生 ◆suf. used in names of occupations ‖ yī∼ 医∼ doctor

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\
Shuōwén: ​􁃎(​𤯓)
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