noun

  1. living, being alive.
  2. freshness, liveliness, vitality.
  3. situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go).
  4. stet, leave as-is (proofreading). Usually written with kana alone. Usually イキ.

prefix

  1. damned.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
生き いき
 
活き いき
 
 
イキ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)