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Kanji Grade 5 - 性

Kanji character Grade 5 性. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 性
About
sex, gender, nature
Kun: さが
On: セイ、 ショウ
8 strokes
Radical: heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts: 忙 生
 
Onyomi
性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
性 【ショウ】 nature (of a person or thing), that which does not change according to external influences
性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
凝り性 【コリショウ】 fastidiousness, enthusiasm for one thing, meticulousness, monomania, obsession, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
 
Kunyomi
性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention