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字HANZI DESK

性

xìng

HSK 3.0 · 3

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

xìng · sing3 (Jyutping)

  1. nature
  2. character
  3. property
  4. quality
  5. attribute
  6. sexuality
  7. sex
  8. gender
  9. suffix forming adjective from verb
  10. suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity
  11. essence
  12. CL:個|个[ge4]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

性

Meaning
nature, character, sex
Radical
忄
Strokes
8
Components
⿰忄生
Cangjie
PHQM
Four-corner
9501.0

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