- 生(life; sprouting)ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts a sprout pushing up through the soil, symbolizing life and growth.
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生老病死
生老病死
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom)
- 。
Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the natural laws of human life.
- 貳名noun
fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
- 。
Birth, aging, illness, and death are the natural laws of human life.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
生老病死
Traditional生
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom)
- 。
Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the natural laws of human life.
- 貳名noun
fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
- 。
Birth, aging, illness, and death are the natural laws of human life.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 生(life; sprouting)ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts a sprout pushing up through the soil, symbolizing life and growth.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
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