WHOLE CHARACTER
生
to be born; to give birth; to live; life; raw; uncooked; unfamiliar; unskilled; to produce; to cause (生病, 生气); a learner; student (学生)
生 is life — being born, living, raw food, and students who are learning.
Taught as one complete written unit; the header calls the formation 会意 (a sprout coming up from the ground in classic accounts).