両性

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
兩性 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りょーせー [ryòóséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

両(りょう)性(せい) • (ryōsei) ^{←りやうせい (ryausei)^?}

Derived terms

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN