Chinese edit

day; sky; heaven sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad.
(天性)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (16)
Final () (85) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter then sjengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰen/ /siᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰen/ /siɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛn/ /siæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛn/ /siajŋH/
Li
Rong
/tʰen/ /siɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/tʰien/ /sĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰien/ /si̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tiān xìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tin1 sing3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiān xiān xìng
Middle
Chinese
‹ then › ‹ xen › ‹ sjengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁi[n]/ /*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-) /*seŋ-s/
English heaven heaven nature

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12387 11358
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰl'iːn/ /*sleŋs/

Noun edit

天性

  1. nature (of a species, organism, etc.); innate disposition; temperament
    天性放誕天性放诞  ―  tiānxìng fàngdàn  ―  to have an unrestrained temperament

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (天性):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(てん)(せい) (tensei

  1. nature, innate disposition, inborn quality

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

天性 (cheonseong) (hangeul 천성)

  1. Hanja form? of 천성.

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

天性

  1. chữ Hán form of thiên tính (nature; character; instinct).