性 — sex, gender, nature

せい性 sex

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes abstract

U+6027 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #104 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1679 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

sex
gender
nature

word

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

性(せい) sei nature 女(じょ) 性(せい) josei woman 男(だん) 性(せい) dansei male 性(せい) 格(かく) seikaku personality 個(こ) 性(せい) kosei individuality 活(かっ) 性(せい) kassei activity 性(せい) 能(のう) seinou performance 性(せい) 質(しつ) seishitsu nature

しょう・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

相(あい) 性(しょう) aishou compatibility 根(こん) 性(じょう) konjou guts

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

忄 heart (left form)

せい生 life #100

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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性 — sex, gender, nature

Meanings

word

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

しょう・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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性 — sex, gender, nature

Meanings

word

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

しょう ・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

しょう・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).