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Kanji Detail for 活 - "life, lively, active"

  • Meaning

    活 means "life, lively, active."

    1. To revive - To save a life; to bring back to life.

    2. To live - To be alive; to have life; to exist.

    3. Lively - Vigorous; full of energy.

    4. Flowing - Water flowing energetically.

    5. Resuscitation - A method to restore consciousness; a way to revitalize.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lively; resuscitation; being helped; living

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    live, exist, survive; lively

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to live; alive; living; work; workmanship

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to exist, to live, to survive; living, working

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To live. All matters of sustaining life are called 生活 (livelihood). As in "standard of living" (生活程度). Work is also called 生活, meaning earning wages to support oneself. | Lively is called 活. As in 活潑 (vivid). | Something with changes that is not fixed is called 活. As in flexible disbursement of funds (活支), meaning withdrawing at any time without predetermined amounts.
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Sentences including

  • I don't want to lead a dog's life any more.

  • How are things for you up there?

  • She lived a lonely life.

  • He lived an unhappy life.

  • His secret life came to light at last.

  • Make the most of your college life.

  • His life is free from care.

  • His baseball life ended then.

  • I think it possible for man to live on the moon.

  • He got accustomed to the new way of living.

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