性
sex, gender, nature
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
8 / 8
Information
Vocabulary
ショウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 気性 | キショウ | disposition; temperament; temper; nature |
| 女性 | ニョショウ | woman; female; feminine gender |
| 性分 | ショウブン | nature; disposition |
| 本性 | ホンショウ | true character; real nature |
| 悪性 | アクショウ | evil nature; licentiousness; lewdness |
セイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悪性 | アクセイ | malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia) |
| 異性 | イセイ | the opposite sex; isomerism |
| 可能性 | カノウセイ | possibility; chance; likelihood; probability; potential; potentiality; promise; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction) |
| 感受性 | カンジュセイ | sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity |
| 感性 | カンセイ | sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活性 | かっせい | activity; active |
| 根性 | こんじょう | willpower; guts; determination; grit; spirit; character; nature; disposition; personality |
| 人間性 | にんげんせい | humanity; human nature |
| 性 | せい | nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy |
| 相性 | あいしょう | affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
注
pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
Grade 3JLPT 4
悔
repent, regret
Grade 8JLPT 1
洗
wash, inquire into, probe
Grade 6JLPT 3
牲
animal sacrifice, offering
Grade 8JLPT 1
涯
horizon, shore, limit, bound
Grade 8JLPT 1
汽
vapor, steam
Grade 2JLPT 1
怖
dreadful, be frightened, fearful
Grade 8JLPT 3
主
lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Grade 3JLPT 4
住
dwell, reside, live, inhabit
Grade 3JLPT 4
任
responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Grade 5JLPT 3