生 shēng produce; bear
Made up of [丿 piě 'slash' radical 4]Made with 5 strokes.
A simplified picture of a plant growing out of the ground
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 丿 piě component: 必 bì (certainly) 弟 dì (younger brother) ; 乎 hū (at) ; 久 jiǔ (long time) ; 九 jiǔ (nine) ; 乐 lè (music) ; 么 me (what) ; 乃 nǎi (to be) ; 年 nián (year) ; 少 shǎo (less) ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 勿 wù (do not) ; 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) ; 午 wǔ (noon) ; 义 yì (justice) ; 之 zhī (him) ; 族 zú (clan)
Sounds same
升 shēng ; 声 shēng (sound)Different tone
圣 shèng (holy) ; 胜 shèng (victory)Radical
Index 100 used in: 胜 shèng (victory) ; 姓 xìng (surname) ; 星 xīng (star)Pronunciation
Sound file kindly provided by shtooka.net ➚ under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License
Stroke order for character 生, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚
Proverbs
出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ Offer unquestioning support初生之犊不怕虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ Innocence about the dangers involved
节外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī New problems pop up unexpectedly
乐极生悲 lè jí shēng bēi Wallowing in pleasure will lead to regrets afterwards. Restrain yourself or you'll regret it
生活有爱幸福,为爱生活愚蠢 shēng huó yǒu ài xìngfú, wèi ài shēng huó yú chǔn Love is not the most important thing
生米煮成熟饭 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn What has been done can not be undone