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知性 (ちせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

知ち性せい

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

intelligence; intellect

Refers to the capacity for rational thought, understanding, and knowledge, often as a personal quality or philosophical concept.

彼かれは知ち性せいにあふれた人じん物ぶつだ。

He is a person brimming with intelligence.

知ち性せいを磨みがくには読どく書しょが一いち番ばんだ。

Reading is the best way to cultivate one's intellect.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に知ち性せいがあるsomeone possesses intelligence/intellect
彼かの女じょには知ち性せいがある。
She has intelligence.
知ち性せいが高たかいto be highly intelligent
彼かれは知ち性せいが高たかい人ひとだと評ひょう判ばんだ。
He has a reputation for being highly intelligent.
知ち性せいを感かんじるto sense/feel intelligence (in someone)
彼かれの話はなし方かたには知ち性せいを感かんじる。
You can sense intelligence in the way he speaks.
知ち性せいにあふれるto be overflowing with intelligence
彼かの女じょの文ぶん章しょうは知ち性せいにあふれている。
Her writing is brimming with intelligence.

Kanji

知know, wisdom
性sex, gender, nature

Related words

知ち能のうN3
知性 emphasizes deep, reflective understanding and rational thought, while 知能 refers to measurable mental ability such as IQ.
知ち識しきN3
知識 is the accumulated facts or information a person has learned, whereas 知性 is the underlying faculty that processes and applies such knowledge.
理り性せいN1
理性 highlights the ability to reason logically and control emotions, while 知性 is broader, covering overall intellectual capacity and insight.
頭ず脳のうN2
頭脳 refers concretely to the brain or one's mental machinery, often in phrases like 頭脳明晰, while 知性 is the abstract quality of intelligence itself.
知ち
知性 emphasizes intellectual ability or reasoning power as a personal trait, while 知 is the general term for wisdom or the faculty of knowing.

Word family

知ち性せい的てき
intellectual
反はん知ち性せい主しゅ義ぎ
anti-intellectualism

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 知 (chi, 'to know, wisdom') and 性 (sei, 'nature, quality'), literally 'the nature of knowing'.