性
HSK 3freq #775
Meanings
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- 1.nature
- 2.character
- 3.property
- 4.quality
- 5.attribute
- 6.sexuality
- 7.sex
- 8.gender
- 9.suffix forming adjective from verb
- 10.suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity
- 11.essence
- 12.CL:个[gè]
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Wiktionary
- 1.nature; character; personality
- 2.sex; gender
- 3.gender
- 4.sexual intercourse
- 5.-ness; -ity (suffix forming nouns and adjectives, denoting qualities)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sleŋs): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs) – nature, personal quality, hence of the heart. Derived from 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “to live; to be born; innate”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
她開朗的個性使我覺得快樂。
I get a kick out of her cheerful personality.
一場毀滅性的地震襲擊了這個州的首府。
A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.
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Derived terms
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