性 — kanji meaning “sex”
性
sex, gender, nature
- Meanings
- sex, gender, nature
- On'yomi
- セイ (sei)、ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- さが
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #104 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- xìng — Chinese character page
Words with 性
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女性 | じょせい josei | woman; female |
| 男性 | だんせい dansei | man; male |
| 性格 | せいかく seikaku | character (of a person); personality; disposition |
| 性能 | せいのう seinou | ability; performance; efficiency |
| 個性 | こせい kosei | individuality; personality; quirk |
| 性別 | せいべつ seibetsu | (distinction of) sex; gender |
| 性質 | せいしつ seishitsu | nature (of a person); disposition; temperament |
| 性的 | せいてき seiteki | sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex) |
| 異性 | いせい isei | the opposite sex |
| 急性 | きゅうせい kyuusei | acute (illness) |
| 慢性 | まんせい mansei | chronic (illness) |
| 知性 | ちせい chisei | intelligence |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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