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Chinese symbol for “attribute”

属性
shǔ xìng
Traditional: 屬性
attribute; property

The closest CC-CEDICT match for attribute is 属性 (shǔ xìng), defined as: attribute; property.

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Characters and stroke order

属 shǔ
class, category, type; family; affiliated, belonging to
radical 44 ⼫ · 12 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “attribute”

WordPinyinMeaning
性xìngnature; character
归因 (歸因)guī yīnto attribute; to ascribe

Related words

Other words that share a character with 属性.

WordPinyinMeaning
属于 (屬於)shǔ yúto belong to; to fall under (a category)
金属 (金屬)jīn shǔmetal; 种 (zhǒng)
所属 (所屬)suǒ shǔone's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself)
家属 (家屬)jiā shǔfamily member; (family) dependent
隶属 (隸屬)lì shǔto be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
男性nán xìngthe male sex; a male
性质 (性質)xìng zhìnature; characteristic

See also: Japanese symbol for “attribute”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.