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生存

shēngcún

to survive

A plant in cracked earth
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Characters in this word

生 shēng

Strokes
5
Radical
生 — life, lifetime
Made of
𠂉 cap 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 生

存 cún

Strokes
6
Radical
子 — son, child
Made of
才 ability, talent, gift 子 son, child
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他们努力生存。 Tā men nǔ lì shēng cún. They try hard to survive.
  • 这里难以生存。 Zhè lǐ nán yǐ shēng cún. It is hard to survive here.
  • 动物需要生存。 Dòng wù xū yào shēng cún. Animals need to survive.

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