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Grade 5JLPT N3

sex, gender, nature

8 strokes · frequency rank #104

On
セイ、ショウ
Kun
さが

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Common words

  1. じょせいwoman; female1
    • The girl has grown into a slender woman.

    • She is a fox.

    • Women are easily moved to tears.

  2. だんせいman; male2
    • He asked the men, "Would you share a room?" "Certainly, we will," answered the three men.

    • Ladies before gentlemen.

    • There were three men.

  3. かのうせいpossibility; chance; likelihood; probability3
    • Might she have missed her train?

    • There's an outside chance of winning.

    • There is no possibility of our finding him.

  4. せいかくcharacter (of a person); personality; disposition; nature4
    • He's not a very meticulous guy.

    • He has a nice personality.

    • He is of a serious turn of mind.

  5. ひつようせいnecessity; need5
    • The world today needs to advance its production of food.

    • He was convinced of the necessity of learning it.

    • The necessity of education came home to me.

  6. こせいindividuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy6
    • He has a wonderful personality.

    • He has a strong personality.

    • She has a strong personality.

  7. かっせいactivity7
  8. きゅうせいacute (illness)8
    • "How did it go?" "They said it was acute appendicitis."

    • I have an acute pain here.

  9. ほうしゃせいradioactive9
  10. せいのうability; performance; efficiency10
    • This car has a better performance than that one.

    • The performance of electric cars has improved.

    • The ship performed well in the heavy storm.

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