生せい来らい

Written forms

• 生来Usage96%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • せいらい

    Standard kanji form; high-frequency in news and written Japanese.

  • しょうらい
• 性来Usage4%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  rarely-used kanji form
  • せいらい

    Rarely used kanji form.

  • しょうらい
• しょうらい

  Alternate reading; less common than せいらい. Included as a search variant.

Etymology

Compound of 生 (life, birth) and 来 (come, since). The literal sense 'since coming to life' developed into the adverbial meaning 'by nature, from birth'.