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生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce
生 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA shoot growing up out of the soil 土: to grow, to be born.
育yùto have children
亠lid · tóu
厶private · sī
⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
Memory aidThe top is usually explained as a newborn child upside down, and below is the body ⺼: to give birth, to raise.
How to write 生育
生 5 strokes · 育 8 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 生育 (shēngyù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
生育 (shēngyù) means “to give birth” or “to have children”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shēngyù: shēng with a 1st tone, then yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 生育 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 生育 from the suggestions. Typing shengyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
生育 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
生shēng1st tone, high and level
育yù4th tone, falling
