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Chinese
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day; sky; heaven
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sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
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simp. and trad.
(天性)
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天
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性
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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天
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天
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性
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tiān
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xiān
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xìng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ then ›
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‹ xen ›
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‹ sjengH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ˁi/
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/*l̥ˁi/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-)
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/*seŋ-s/
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| English
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heaven
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heaven
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nature
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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天
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性
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12387
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11358
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Phonetic
component
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天
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生
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Rime
group
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眞
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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天
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性
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰl'iːn/
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/*sleŋs/
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Noun
天性
- nature (of a species, organism, etc.); innate disposition; temperament
- 天性放誕／天性放诞 ― tiānxìng fàngdàn ― to have an unrestrained temperament
形色，天性也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Xíngsè, tiānxìng yě.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
其俗，寬則隨畜，因射獵禽獸為生業，急則人習戰攻以侵伐，其天性也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
其俗，宽则随畜，因射猎禽兽为生业，急则人习战攻以侵伐，其天性也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qí sú, kuān zé suíxù, yīn shèliè qínshòu wéi shēngyè, jí zé rénxí zhàngōng yǐ qīnfá, qí tiānxìng yě.
- It is their custom to herd their flocks in times of peace and make their living by hunting, but in periods of crisis they take up arms and go off on plundering and marauding expeditions. This seems to be their inborn nature.
Synonyms
- 常性 (chángxìng)
- 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
- 性子 (xìngzi)
- 性情 (xìngqíng)
- 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
- 本性 (běnxìng)
- 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
- 氣性／气性
- 率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
- 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
- 癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
- 稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
- 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
- 素性 (sùxìng)
- 脾氣／脾气
- 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
- 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
天性 • (tensei)
- nature, innate disposition, inborn quality
References
Korean
Noun
天性 • (cheonseong) (hangeul 천성)
- hanja form? of 천성
Vietnamese
Noun
天性
- chữ Hán form of thiên tính (“nature; character; instinct”).