The kanji 性: meaning, readings and stroke order

性

Meaning: nature, character
On reading: セイ sei、ショウ shou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tính chất, tính nết (tính)
Japanese: うまれつきのようす。もちまえ。
Korean: 성질, 성격 (성)
Chinese: 性质、性格

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading

性せい質しつ
nature, property
実験で水の 性せい質しつを調べます。
We do an experiment to learn about the properties of water.

ショウ shou · on reading

相あい性しょう
how well people get along
この二人は 相あい性しょうがいいです。
These two get along really well.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.