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U+6027, 性
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6027

[U+6026]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6028]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 61, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心竹手一 (PHQM), four-corner 95010, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𠶞

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 381, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10478
  • Dae Jaweon: page 710, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2286, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6027
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sleŋs): semantic (heart) + phonetic (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs) – nature, personal quality, hence of the heart.

Etymology

Derived from (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “to live; to be born; innate”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sáng - vernacular;
  • séng - literary.

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Definitions

  1. nature; character; personality
  2. sex; gender
  3. (grammar) gender
  4. sexual intercourse
  5. -ness; -ity (suffix forming nouns and adjectives, denoting qualities)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (せい) (sei); (しょう) (shō)
  • Korean: 성(性) (seong)
  • Vietnamese: tính ()

Others:

  • Tangut: 𗵤 (*sjij¹)

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