性

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 1 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.2 Noun 2 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Compounds 3.3.3 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Constituents: 忄生.

[edit] Han character

性 (radical 61 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心竹手一 (PHQM), four-corner 9501₀)

1. nature, character, sex, gender

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 381, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10478
• Dae Jaweon: page 710, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2286, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6027

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

性 (Yale sing3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun 1

性 (hiragana せい, romaji sei)

1. sex, gender
2. (grammar) gender

[edit] Synonyms

• 性別 (せいべつ, seibetsu)

[edit] Noun 2

性 (hiragana さが, romaji saga)

1. one's nature
2. characteristic

[edit] Synonyms

• 本能 (ほんのう, hon'nō)

[edit] Kanji

性 (grade 5 kanji)

1. one's nature
2. characteristic
3. sex, gender
4. content

[edit] Readings

• Go'on: しょう (shō)
• Kan'on: せい (sei)
• Kun: さが (saga)
• Nazuke: なり (nari), もと (moto)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] References

• Shift_JIS: 90AB
• JIS: 402D

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

性 (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng, Yale seng)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

性 (pinyin xìng (xing4), Wade-Giles hsing⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 可及性
• 性交

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

性 (tính, dính, tánh)