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性質

性質

See also: 性质

Chinese

 
sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to -ness or -ity
 
hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (性質)
simp. (性质)

Noun

性質

  1. character; nature; quality

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (性質):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 5
しつ
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

性質 (hiragana せいしつ, romaji seishitsu)

  1. a person's nature or disposition
     (かれ)性質 (せいしつ) ()い。
    Kare wa seishitsu ga yoi.
    He is goodnatured.
  2. original characteristic of a thing; a property; a nature
    この仕事 (しごと)性質 (せいしつ) ()らなかった。
    Kono shigoto no seishitsu o shiranakatta.
    I didn't know the nature of this job.

Synonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

性質 (seongjil) (hangeul 성질)

  1. Hanja form? of 성질, “temper, nature, quality”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

性質

  1. Hán tự form of tính chất, “property, nature, characteristic”