also: りんせい
innate nature; disposition; character
Literary term for one's inherent nature or disposition. Rare in modern Japanese; more common synonyms are 性質, 性格, or 天性.
His innate nature is gentle.
In classical texts, 禀性 can refer to a person's inborn disposition.
Also means innate nature, but is more common and less literary than 禀性.
Rare kanji form; 禀 is a non-jōyō character. The word itself is literary and uncommon.
Alternate reading りんせい; even rarer than ひんせい.
Kana spelling for the rare reading りんせい.
The exact derivation is uncertain; the kanji 禀 (receive, innate) and 性 (nature) combine to suggest 'inborn character'. The word is rare and literary.