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生活 (shēng huó): meaning and stroke order

生活 (shēng huó) means to live, life, livelihood.

生活

Simplified
生活
Traditional
生活 (same form)
Pinyin
shēng huó

Stroke order of 生活

生

  • shēng to be born; to give birth
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

活

  • huó to live; alive
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 生活

  1. shēng huó
    • to live
    • life
    • livelihood

Radicals of the characters

生
Radical 生 (Kangxi radical 100) · 5 strokes · built from 𠂉 and 土
活
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 9 strokes · 氵 on the left, 舌 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

生活 in our stories

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  • 邱晓在挪威奥斯陆生活的第五年,终于能用挪威语跟邻居开玩笑了。

    Qiū Xiǎo zài Nuówēi Àosīlù shēnghuó de dì-wǔ nián zhōngyú néng yòng Nuówēiyǔ gēn línjū kāi wánxiào le

    In her fifth year in Oslo, Norway, Qiu Xiao could finally joke with her neighbours in Norwegian.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 在书院的三年里,他们同桌读书,同屋生活,感情越来越深。

    zài shūyuàn de sān nián lǐ tāmen tóng zhuō dúshū tóng wū shēnghuó gǎnqíng yuèláiyuè shēn

    During their three years at the academy they studied at the same desk and shared a room, and their bond grew ever deeper.

    From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 邱大姐这才开口:“按照法律,邻居之间应该本着方便生活、团结互助、公平合理的原则来解决问题。树是郝大爷的,可伸过墙的树枝给贝女士带来了实际的损失,这也是事实。”

    Qiū dàjiě zhè cái kāikǒu ànzhào fǎlǜ línjū zhījiān yīnggāi běnzhe fāngbiàn shēnghuó tuánjié hùzhù gōngpíng hélǐ de yuánzé lái jiějué wèntí shù shì Hǎo dàye de kě shēn guò qiáng de shùzhī gěi Bèi nǚshì dàilái le shíjì de sǔnshī zhè yě shì shìshí

    Only then did Sister Qiu speak: "Under the law, neighbours should settle problems in a spirit of convenience, solidarity and mutual help, fairness and reason. The tree is Mr Hao's, but the branches over the wall have caused Ms Bei real losses; that's a fact too."

    From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 生活

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).