気き性しょう

き

しょ

う

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a person's innate character, emotional tendencies, or natural disposition. Often used in descriptions of personality.

彼かれは穏おだやかな気

き

性しょう

の

持も

ち

主ぬし

だ

。

He has a gentle disposition.

彼かの女じょの激はげしい気き性しょうには手てを焼やく。

I have trouble dealing with her fiery temper.

Usage patterns

気き性しょうが荒あらいto have a fierce/hot-tempered disposition
その馬うまは気き性しょうが荒あらくて扱あつかいにくい。
That horse has a fierce temperament and is hard to handle.
気き性しょうが激はげしいto have an intense, fiery temperament
彼かの女じょは気き性しょうが激はげしく、すぐに怒おこり出だす。
She has an intense temperament and gets angry quickly.
〈人ひと〉の気き性しょうを見み抜ぬくto see through someone's true nature/temperament
長なが年ねんの付つき合あいで、彼かれの気き性しょうを見み抜ぬくことができた。
After years of association, I was able to see through his true temperament.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
性sex, gender, nature

Related words

性せい格かくN3
性格 is the general word for someone's overall personality, while 気性 focuses narrowly on innate emotional temperament.
気き質しつN1
気質 is a more formal or psychological term for temperament, whereas 気性 is used more commonly in everyday descriptions of a person's nature.
性しょう分ぶん
性分 emphasizes a fixed, almost unchangeable personal trait or habit, while 気性 more broadly describes emotional disposition.
気き象しょうN1
気性 is the common word for a person's temperament, while 気象 in this sense is a formal or literary alternative rarely used in modern speech.

Don't confuse with

記き章しょう
気性 (temperament, disposition) shares the same reading as 記章 (badge, medal) but refers to a person's character, not an object.
根こん性じょうN1
気性 refers to one's innate temperament or disposition, while 根性 in this sense adds a moral or willpower dimension.

Built from

気き+性しょう

Written forms

気き性しょうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for 'disposition' or 'temperament'. Also written as 気象, but 気性 is more common for this meaning.
きしょうUsage1%
気き象しょう
Alternate kanji form noted. Can be confused with 気象 (きしょう) meaning 'weather' or 'climate'.

Etymology

Compound of 気 (き, 'spirit' or 'mind') and 性 (しょう, 'nature' or 'character'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys 'innate disposition'.