性
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
性 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心竹手一 (PHQM), four-corner 95010, composition ⿰忄生)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 381, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10478
- Dae Jaweon: page 710, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2286, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6027
Chinese[edit]
simp. and trad. |
性 |
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Glyph origin[edit]
Old Chinese | |
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猜 | *sʰlɯː |
輤 | *sʰleːns |
綪 | *sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ |
倩 | *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs |
棈 | *sʰleːns |
蒨 | *sʰeːns |
篟 | *sʰeːns |
生 | *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs |
牲 | *sreŋ |
笙 | *sreŋ |
甥 | *sreŋ |
鉎 | *sreŋ, *sleːŋ |
珄 | *sreŋ |
鼪 | *sreŋ, *sreŋs |
猩 | *sreŋ, *seːŋ |
狌 | *sreŋ |
眚 | *sreŋʔ |
貹 | *sreŋs |
崝 | *zreːŋ |
精 | *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs |
菁 | *ʔsleŋ |
鶄 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
蜻 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
鼱 | *ʔsleŋ |
婧 | *ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ |
睛 | *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ |
箐 | *ʔsleŋ |
聙 | *ʔsleŋ |
旌 | *ʔsleŋ |
清 | *sʰleŋ |
圊 | *sʰleŋ |
請 | *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
凊 | *sʰleŋs |
䝼 | *zleŋs, *zleŋ |
靚 | *zleŋs |
情 | *zleŋ |
晴 | *zleŋ |
夝 | *zleŋ |
靜 | *zleŋʔ |
靖 | *zleŋʔ |
睲 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋs |
惺 | *seŋʔ, *seːŋ |
性 | *sleŋs |
姓 | *sleŋs |
靗 | *l̥ʰeŋs |
鯖 | *ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ |
青 | *sʰleːŋ |
靘 | *sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs |
掅 | *sʰleːŋs |
胜 | *sleːŋ |
曐 | *sleːŋ |
星 | *sleːŋ |
鮏 | *sleːŋ |
腥 | *seːŋ, *seːŋs |
鯹 | *seːŋ |
醒 | *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs |
篂 | *seːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sleŋs): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs) – nature, personal quality, hence of the heart.
Etymology[edit]
Derived from 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “to live; to be born; innate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
性
- nature; character; personality
- 天命之謂性。率性之謂道。修道之謂教。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Tiānmìng zhī wèi xìng. Shuàixìng zhī wèi dào. Xiūdào zhī wèi jiào. [Pinyin]
- What Heaven has ordained is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path (of Duty); the cultivation of this path is called Instruction.
天命之谓性。率性之谓道。修道之谓教。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- sex; gender
- (grammar) gender
- sexual intercourse
- -ness; -ity (suffix forming nouns and adjectives, denoting qualities)
Compounds[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
Others:
- → Tangut: 𗵤 (*sjij¹)
References[edit]
- “性”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
- one's nature
- characteristic
- sex, gender
- content
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
- Kun: さが (saga, 性); なりくせ (narikuse, 性)
- Nanori: なり (nari); もと (moto)
Compounds[edit]
- 間性 (kansei): intersex
- 両性説 (ryōseisetsu)
- 性愛 (seiai): eros
- 性交 (seikō): sexual intercourse
- 性行 (seikō): character and conduct
- 性同一性 (sei dōitsusei): gender identity
- 性分 (shōbun)
- 性善説 (seizensetsu)
- 男性 (dansei): male
- 同一性 (dōitsusei): identity
- 性急 (seikyū)
- 性悪説 (seiakusetsu)
- 性情 (seijō)
- 中性 (chūsei)
- 性格 (seikaku)
- 性癖 (seiheki)
- 性別 (seibetsu): sex, gender
- 性能 (seinō)
- 悪性 (akusei)
- 性質 (seishitsu)
- 性転換 (seitenkan): gender reassignment
- 女性 (josei), 女性 (nyoshō): female
- 油性 (yusei): oiliness; oil-based
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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性 |
しょう Grade: 5 |
goon |
From Middle Chinese 性 (MC siᴇŋH, “nature of something, inherent quality”).
The goon, so the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- the nature of something
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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性 |
せい Grade: 5 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 性 (MC siᴇŋH, “nature of something, inherent quality”).
The kan'on, so a later borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- 性別 (seibetsu)
Suffix[edit]
See also[edit]
- らしさ (rashisa)
Etymology 3[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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性 |
さが Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi |
Probably from Old Japanese, although the ultimate derivation is unknown. Appears in The Tale of Genji and The Tales of Ise of the Heian period.[3]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- one's nature
- characteristic
Synonyms[edit]
- 本能 (honnō)
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
性 (eumhun 성품 성 (seongpum seong))
- Hanja form? of 성 (“nature; character; sex”).
- Hanja form? of 성 (“-ness; -ity (suffix forming nouns and adjectives, denoting qualities)”).
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
性: Hán Nôm readings: tính, dính, tánh
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