性
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #26 U+6027
How 性 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 生 (phonetic, shēng)
How to remember it
sex · Heisig RSH #1221
state of mind + cell
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 生
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 生 (shēng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生 sound component | shēng | life, lifetime; birth; growth |
| 星 | xīng | star, planet; a point of light |
| 胜 | shèng | victory; to excel, to truimph |
| 姓 | xìng | name, family name, surname; clan, people |
| 牲 | shēng | sacrificial animal; domestic animal |
| 笙 | shēng | free reed mouth organ |
| 甥 | shēng | niece, nephew; sister's child |
| 旌 | jīng | to signal; a flag adorned with feathers |
| 眚 | shěng | cataract; fault, error, crime |
Words containing 性
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 性子 | xìng zi | temper |
| 人性 | rén xìng | human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes |
| 地区性 | dì qū xìng | regional; local |
| 水性 | shuǐ xìng | swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water… |
| 中性 | zhōng xìng | neutral |
| 性学 | xìng xué | sexology |
| 心性 | xīn xìng | one's nature; temperament |
| 生性 | shēng xìng | natural disposition |
| 人性化 | rén xìng huà | (of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs; people-oriented; user-friendly |
| 性地 | xìng dì | innate quality; natural disposition |
| 无性 | wú xìng | sexless; asexual (reproduction) |
| 天性 | tiān xìng | nature; innate tendency |
| 化学性 | huà xué xìng | chemical |
| 机动性 | jī dòng xìng | flexibility |
| 性行 | xìng xíng | sexual activity |
| 手性 | shǒu xìng | chiral; chirality (chemistry) |
| 生物性 | shēng wù xìng | biological |
| 体性 | tǐ xìng | disposition |
| 生理性 | shēng lǐ xìng | physiological |
| 动物性 | dòng wù xìng | animacy |