Today’s #kanji is #性, which is made of its semantic element of #りっしんべん（忄） and its phonetic element of 生. The single character can be pronounced in 3 different ways. Do you know them all?
Meaning: natural characteristics, gender
Reading: セイ、ショウ（ジョウ）、さが*
性（セイ）: n. sex, gender, nature
性格（セイカク）: n. (a person’s) character, personality, nature
性質（セイシツ）: n. a person’s nature, an item’s quality, property, nature
性能（セイノウ）: n. capacity, power, performance
異性（イセイ）: n. the other sex, a member of the opposite sex; 【chemistry】isomerism
可能性（カノウセイ）: n. possibility, chance, potential
性（ショウ）: n. nature, disposition, temperament, quality
性分（ショウブン）: n. nature, temperament
気性（キショウ）: n. disposition, personality, temperament
根性（コンジョウ）: n. a personality, a temper; willpower, determination
unlisted reading
人間（にんげん）の性（さが）: human nature
- りっしんべん
- 生
産
生
