両性

Japanese

Kanji in this term
両 性
りょう
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 5
kan’on
Alternative spelling
兩性 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

両 (ryō-, “both”) +‎ 性 (-sei, “nature”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りょーせー [ryòóséé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

両(りょう)性(せい) • (ryōsei) ←りやうせい (ryausei)?

  1. male and female
  2. two natures
  3. (chemistry) amphoteric

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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