Chinese symbol for “gender”
性别
xìng bié
Traditional: 性別
sex; gender
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gender is 性别 (xìng bié), defined as: sex; gender.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gender”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 性 | xìng | nature; character |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 性别.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
| 个性 (個性) | gè xìng | individuality; personality |
| 性格 | xìng gé | nature; disposition |
| 人性 | rén xìng | human nature; humanity |
| 特别 (特別) | tè bié | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly |
| 别人 (別人) | bié ren | other people; others; other person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gender”.
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.