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性 means 'sex'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 80   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Challenge set: 1    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 7    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 132 words   Used in 1676 words   Used in 130 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
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   セイ   ショウ
Kun
   sex, gender, nature, disposition
Additional readings
Kun    さが sex, gender, nature
Components
⿰  忄 (心) heart  生 life  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 性 is used 27 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 性 is used 1657 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
セイ : 1584 words FIND ALL
1. woman; female
2. feminine gender  (linguistics terminology; this meaning is restricted to reading じょせい)
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ショウ : 47 words FIND ALL
noun
nature; disposition
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ショウ (read as じょう) : 24 words FIND ALL
will-power; guts; temper; nature; spirit
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さが : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
1. one's nature; one's destiny
2. custom; tradition; habit
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Additional data
Henshall: 745 (originally: 723)  Joy o' Kanji : 723  Key to Kanji: 593 

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性
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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忄
シン   こころ heart   
生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
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