Chinese symbol for “innate”
先天性
xiān tiān xìng
congenital; intrinsic; innate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for innate is 先天性 (xiān tiān xìng), defined as: congenital; intrinsic; innate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “innate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内在 (內在) | nèi zài | inner; internal |
| 天生 | tiān shēng | nature; disposition |
| 与生俱来 (與生俱來) | yǔ shēng jù lái | inherent; innate |
| 先天 | xiān tiān | embryonic period (contrasted with 后天 (hòu tiān)); inborn; innate; natural |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 先天性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first of all; in the first place |
| 先进 (先進) | xiān jìn | sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc) |
| 先后 (先後) | xiān hòu | early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another |
| 优先 (優先) | yōu xiān | to have priority; to take precedence |
| 领先 (領先) | lǐng xiān | to lead; to be in front |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “innate”.
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.