両性

Japanese

Kanji in this term
両	性
りょう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
kan’on

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) りょーせー [ryòóséé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

両性 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 兩性, hiragana りょうせい, rōmaji ryōsei, historical hiragana りやうせい)

Derived terms

両性酸化物 (りょうせいさんかぶつ) (ryōsei sankabutsu, “amphoteric oxide”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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