Kanji

性

Meaning

sex gender and nature

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • くち さが ない gossipy

On'yomi

  • じょ せい woman
  • だん せい man
  • せい かく character (of a person)
  • き しょう disposition
  • む しょう に very much
  • あい しょう affinity

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/8

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Component Analysis

性
sex, gender, nature
さが, セイ, ショウ
忄
( 心 ) heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
こころ, シン
生
life, genuine, birth
い.きる, い.かす, セイ

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