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Kanji Detail for 性 - "nature, character, gender"

性

  • Meaning

    性 means "nature, character, gender."

    1. Nature - Inherent quality; inborn character.

    2. Disposition - Temperament; natural tendency.

    3. Gender - Male or female distinction.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sex; gender; nature

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    nature, character, sex

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective

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

    "What Heaven decrees is called nature." Meaning the proper principle that people receive from Heaven at birth. From which come the five constant virtues: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Only humans have this special nature. Mencius's theory of innate goodness and the Song Confucians' study of nature and principle are all based on this—Zisi's words from (Doctrine of the Mean). | "What is born is called nature." Such as consciousness and movement. All that comes with birth. What humans and animals share. Some consider temperament as nature; some consider preferences as nature. Common usage of nature is based on this—Gaozi's words from (Mencius). | Physical nature. The form and function of things. Such as 藥性 (medicinal properties), 物性 (nature of things). What appears externally is form; what is internal is nature. By differences in function, one knows differences in nature. Buddhism also takes human function as nature.
  • Onyomitip

    sei(せい) せい

    shoh(しょう) しょう

  • Kunyomitip

    saga(さが) さが

    tachi(たち) たち

  • Strokestip

    8 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords
    nature character disposition temperament quality trait gender sex tendency inclination property attribute personality constitution essence innate inherent inborn natural characteristic

Sentences including 性

  • We saw the lady carried away to the hospital.

  • She is a woman of great beauty.

  • The chemistry is right for us.

  • He is a man of reason.

  • Women want to have sex too.

  • I heard that tom got married to a rich woman.

  • They are not much different in character from each other.

  • I think she is the kindest woman on earth.

  • The woman whom he married is very beautiful.

  • This book is very popular among women.

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